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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