Leptadrillia quisqualis

Leptadrillia quisqualis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Leptadrillia quisqualis
Drawing of a shell Leptadrillia quisqualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Leptadrillia
Species:
L. quisqualis
Binomial name
Leptadrillia quisqualis
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Clavatula quisqualis Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Cymatosyrinx quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Daphnella quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Mangilia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma (Brachytoma) quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua. Clathurella quisqalis (Hinds, 1843) has also been described from Darnley Island, Torres Straits.[3]

References
  1. Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2011.
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 257; 1884 (described as Mangilia quisqualis)
  3. Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
  • "Cymatosyrinx quisqualis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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