Biology:Leptadrillia quisqualis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Drawing of a shell Leptadrillia quisqualis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Leptadrillia |
| Species: | L. quisqualis
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| Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
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Leptadrillia quisqualis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua. Clathurella quisqalis (Hinds, 1843) has also been described from Darnley Island, Torres Straits.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 257; 1884 (described as Mangilia quisqualis)
- ↑ Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
External links
- "Cymatosyrinx quisqualis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_20686.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q7986430 entry
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