Acinodrillia

Acinodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Acinodrillia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Acinodrillia
Kilburn, 1988
Type species
Acinodrillia viscum
Kilburn, 1988
Species

See text

Description

The length of the claviform shell varies between 7mm and 12 mm. The spiral sculpture of the shell shows sharply incised grooves, carving through the axial ribs into distinct nodules or granules. These axial ribs disappear below the suture. Contrary to the species in Drillia, the anal sinus is not spout-like. Contrary to Agladrillia, the outer lip is not pinched in toward the base of the shell. The body whorl shows a dorsal varix (a subcylíndrical protrusion). The wide siphonal canal is unnotched.[3]

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to South Africa.

Species

Species within the genus Acinodrillia include:

References
  1. Acinodrillia . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 29.1 (1988): 167-320
  4. Acinodrillia amazimba Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. Acinodrillia paula (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. Acinodrillia viscum Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • Kilburn, R. N. (1988). Type species designation for Acinodrillia Kilburn. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29: 557.
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