Drillia euphanes

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

Drillia euphanes
Original image of a shell of Drillia euphanes
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. euphanes
Binomial name
Drillia euphanes
Melvill, J.C., 1923
Synonyms

Neodrillia euphanes (Melvill J.C., 1923)

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description) The fusiform, rather solid shell is white. It contains 8 whorls, of which two are in the protoconch, globular, white, smooth. The remainder are suturally impressed. They show regular incrassate nodulous longitudinal ribs, bluntly angled at the periphery. The nodules are large and shining. The ribs on the body whorl number eight or nine. These are crossed by somewhat coarse revolving lines, which, in the specimens before us, are nearly obsolete. The aperture is roundly-ovate. The sinus is rather wide and deep. The outer lip is slightly expanded. The columellar margin is fairly straight. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Drillia euphanes Melvill, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1455691 on 2021-09-18
  2. J.C. Melvill, New Species of Turridae; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London v. 14–15 (1923)
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