Biology:Drillia macleani

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Drillia macleani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. macleani
Binomial name
Drillia macleani
Tucker J.K., 1992 [1]
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma sinuosa Mighels, J.W., 1845
  • Nomen novum pro Drillia sinuosa McLean & R. Poorman, 1971

Drillia macleani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, and in the Caribbean Sea off Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

References

  1. Tucker, J.K. (1992) Drillia macleani, new name for Drillia sinuosa McLean and Poorman, 1971 (Gastropoda: Turridae). The Nautilus, 106, 76.
  2. Drillia macleani Tucker J., 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

External links

"Drillia macleani" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_27200.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5307630 entry