Drillia griffithii

Drillia griffithii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. griffithii
Binomial name
	Drillia griffithii; (Reeve, 1843) [1]
Synonyms[2]
	Clavatula griffithii Gray, 1834; Pleurotoma griffithii Reeve, 1843;

Drillia griffithii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

Reeve, L.A. (1843–1846) Monograph of the Genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals. Reeve Brothers, London, Vol. 1, 40 pls. + index and errata. [Published in parts; I cite each part separately in the catalog as 1843b:pls. 1–18, published January–December, 1843; 1844a:pl. 19, published January, 1844; 1845a:pls. 20–33, published October–December, 1845; 1846b:pls. 34–40, index and errata, published January–April, 1846.]
Drillia griffithii (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2011.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

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