Neodrillia blakensis

Neodrillia blakensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Neodrillia
Species: N. blakensis
Binomial name
Neodrillia blakensis
(Tippett, 2007) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathrodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007)
  • Drillia blakensis Tippett, 2007 (original combination)
  • Drillia (Clathrodrillia) blakensis Tippett, 2007

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

References

  1. ↑ Tippett, D. L. 2007. Two new gastropod species (Neogastropoda: Drilliidae: Turridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus. 121 (4): 210-213
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872144 on 2016-08-02


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