Drillia euchroes
Drillia euchroes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Drillia euchroes | |
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| Original image of a shell of Drillia euchroes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. euchroes |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia euchroes Melvill, J.C., 1912 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Drillia euchroës Mevill J.C., 1912 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
A. brightly coloured species, in shape attenuate-fusiform. The shell contains 11 whorls, with a small, vitreous, bulbous protoconch. The remainder is suturally considerably impressed. The shell is straw-coloured with closely ranged spiral lirae of dark chestnut alternating with ochreous. In the centre of each whorl is a white spiral band, bringing into prominence the strongly modiiled ribs of the angle of the whorl. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is thin.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.
References
- Melvill, James Cosmo. "Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea." Journal of Molluscan Studies 10.3 (1912): 240–254.
External links
- "Drillia euchroes". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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