Drillia ballista | |
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia ballista | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. ballista
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Binomial name | |
Drillia ballista Von Maltzan, 1883
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
Pleurotoma ballista Paetel, 1888 |
Drillia ballista is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm. The shell is wax-yellow. It is narrowly sinuate with the anal sinus pretty deep. [3]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Guinea
Drillia ballista | |
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia ballista | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Drillia |
Species: | D. ballista
|
Binomial name | |
Drillia ballista Von Maltzan, 1883
[1]
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
Pleurotoma ballista Paetel, 1888 |
Drillia ballista is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm. The shell is wax-yellow. It is narrowly sinuate with the anal sinus pretty deep. [3]
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Guinea