Drillia adusta

Drillia adusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. adusta
Binomial name
	Drillia adusta; (Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma adusta G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 (nomen dubium)

Drillia adusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell istapering to a point (pyramid-shaped) and is brown (or dusky).

It has ten whorls, which are flattened above, with tubercles (or knobs) in the middle, with the tubercles being somewhat compressed longitudinally. The body whorl is grooved with granules below. The aperture is short, [with] a posterior sinus (or notch). The siphonal canal is very short. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Colombia.

References

^ "Drillia adusta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

W.H. Dall (1909), Report on the collection of shells from Peru ;Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 37, pages 147–294, with Plates 20–28

[1] "Drillia adusta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[2] Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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