Drillia regia

Drillia regia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. regia
Binomial name
Drillia regia
(Habe & Murakami, 1970)
Synonyms

Clavus regius Habe & Murakami, 1970 (original combination)

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

The database Gastropods.com regards this species as a synonym of Neodrillia enna (W.H. Dall, 1918), in turn regarded by WoRMS as a synonym of Drillia enna (W.H. Dall, 1918)</small.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific and off the Philippines.

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Drillia regia (Habe & Murakami, 1970). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591992 on 2016-09-17


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