Drillia monodi

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

Drillia monodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. monodi
Binomial name
Drillia monodi
Knudsen, 1952 [1]

Description

Like most sea snails, this species has a shell used to surround and protect its soft body.

Distribution

This species is found in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa at a depth of 144 m.

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References

  1. Knudsen, J. (1952) Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Alantide Expedition, 1945–46. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn,114, 129–185, 3 pls.
  2. Drillia monodi Knudsen, 1952. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.


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