Biology:Drillia poecila
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drillia poecila (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. poecila
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia poecila Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
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Drillia poecila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Western Central Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and New Caledonia at a depth of 250 m.
References
- ↑ Drillia poecila Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Sysoev A. & Bouchet P. (2001) New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. In: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 185: 271–320.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
External links
- "Drillia poecila" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_43739.shtml.
- Bouchet, Philippe, et al. "A quarter-century of deep-sea malacological exploration in the South and West Pacific: where do we stand? How far to go." Tropical deep-sea Benthos 25 (2008): 9-40
- Holotype at MNHN, Paris
Wikidata ☰ Q5225002 entry
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