Drillia diasi

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

Drillia diasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. diasi
Binomial name
Drillia diasi
K.H. Barnard, 1958

Description

The creamy white shell consists of calcium carbonates and unusually for shelled animals contains little to no chitin. It attains the length 9 mm and the diameter 3.75 mm. This animal is carnivorous, has only one gill and one kidney and lacks a brain.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off South Africa.

References

  1. Drillia diasi Barnard, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2011.


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