Kylix rugifera

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

Kylix rugifera
Drawing of a shell of Kylix rugifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Kylix
Species:
K. rugifera
Binomial name
Kylix rugifera
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia albemarlensis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902
  • Drillia (Crassispira) nigerrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Drillia (Crassispira) rugifera (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Pleurotoma rugifera Sowerby I, 1834 (basionym)

Description

The shell has a very dark chocolate color. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed with the ribs terminating on a nodulous periphery, above which the surface is smooth and slightly concave. The lower portion of the body whorl has revolving striae. The shell reaches a length of 22 mm.[3]

Distribution

Tjis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and Panama.

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References
  1. Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139.
  2. Kylix rugifera (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 196; 1884 (described as Drillia nigerrima)
  • "Kylix rugifera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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