Drillia oliverai
| Drillia oliverai | |
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| Shell of Drillia oliverai (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. oliverai
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia oliverai Kilburn & Stahlschmidt, 2012
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Drillia oliverai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell of this marine species varies between 25 mm and 38 mm.
Distribution and etymology
This species occurs off Cebu Island, the Philippines. It is named after Baldomero Olivera from the University of Utah.[2]
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Drillia oliverai. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605447 on 2016-09-13
- ^ Kilburn, Richard Neil; Stahlschmidt, Peter (29 June 2012). "Description of two new species of Drillia from the Indo-Pacific". Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology. 1 (141). Schweizerbart: 54. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/051-055. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
External links
- "Drillia oliverai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.