Drillia rosacea

Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Drillia rosacea
Apertural view of a shell of Drillia rosacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. rosacea
Binomial name
Drillia rosacea
(Reeve, 1845) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Crassispira rosacea von Maltzan, 1883
  • Drillia (Brachystoma) rosacea Tryon, 1884
  • Drillia (Crassispira) rosacea H. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Neodrillia rosacea (Reeve, L.A., 1845)
  • Pleurotoma rosacea Reeve, 1845 (basionym)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.

The shell is rose-colored throughout. It is longitudinally closely ribbed, with fine revolving striae, concave and smooth above the periphery. The siphonal canal is very short. The anal sinus is broad and large.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea, Ivory Coast and Gabon

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References
  1. Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119. [Published February, 1846.]
  2. Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845). 19 October 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884
  • "Neodrillia rosacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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