Decoradrillia pulchella | |
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Shell of Decoradrillia pulchella (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Decoradrillia |
Species: | D. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Decoradrillia pulchella (
Reeve, 1845)
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Synonyms | |
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Decoradrillia pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles. [2]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.
Decoradrillia pulchella | |
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Shell of Decoradrillia pulchella (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Decoradrillia |
Species: | D. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Decoradrillia pulchella (
Reeve, 1845)
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Synonyms | |
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Decoradrillia pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles. [2]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.