Biology:Suavodrillia kennicotti
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Suavodrillia |
| Species: | S. kennicotti
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| Suavodrillia kennicotti (Dall, 1871)
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Suavodrillia kennicotti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 40 mm. The solid shell is white, with traces of thin yellowish epidermis. There are no longitudinal ribs. The outer lip is deeply excavated below the suture. The margin is thin and the sharp columella is twisted.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Taiwan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Suavodrillia kennicotti (Dall, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 209; 1884
- Dall, 1871. Descriptions of sixty new forms of molluscs from the West Coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described.
External links
- "Suavodrillia kennicotti" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_11481.shtml.
- Smithsonian Institution: holotype
Wikidata ☰ Q3176443 entry
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