Suavodrillia declivis
Suavodrillia declivis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]
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| Original image of two shells of Suavodrillia declivis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Suavodrillia |
| Species: | S. declivis |
| Binomial name | |
| Suavodrillia declivis (Martens, 1880) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
The shell is multicarinate with a few, strong carinae. The siphonal canal is somewhat more produced and narrowed. The anal sinus is shallow. The columella is not plicate. The color of the shell is light reddish fulvous.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
References
- von Martens, E. (1880a–1881) Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. Vol. 1. Theodor Fischer, Cassel, viii + 101 pp., 18 pls. [Published in parts, Heft 1–4, 1–72 pp., pls. 1–12, in 1880, Heft 5/6, 73–101 pp., pls. 13–18, in 1881]
- Suavodrillia declivis (Martens, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
- George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 170; 1884
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
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