Paradrillia fugata

Paradrillia fugata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids.[1]

Paradrillia fugata
Original image of a shell of Paradrillia fugata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Paradrillia
Species:
P. fugata
Binomial name
Paradrillia fugata
(E.A. Smith, 1895)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia fugata E. A. Smith, 1895

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm, its diameter 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East India, in the Andaman Sea and off Sri Lanka at bathyal depths (1271 m – 2569 m).

References

  1. Sartori, André F. (2015). Paradrillia fugata (E.A. Smith, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766731 on 2017-02-14


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