Mammillaedrillia mammillata

Mammillaedrillia mammillata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Mammillaedrillia mammillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Mammillaedrillia
Species:
M. mammillata
Binomial name
Mammillaedrillia mammillata
(Kuroda & Oyama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Compsodrillia (Mammillaedrillia ) mammillata Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 (original combination)
  • Inquisitor mammillata (Kuroda and Oyama,1971)

Description

The length of the shell attains 50.5 mm, its diameter 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Sagami Bay, Japan and north of Taiwan

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gollark: One in the cave, one by raffle, one by posting trades automatically and randomly picking offers, one via a secret link, one via breeding random dragons (they'd occasionally produce a new CB sinnerscale)...
gollark: They would each be given out in annoying ways.
gollark: Yes, the seven sinnerscales. Maybe seven colours?
gollark: (Shimmerscales recolored to Brimstones and with horns)

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mammillaedrillia Kuroda & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578139 on 2018-12-03
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Compsodrillia (Mammillaedrillia) mammillata
  • Chang, Chen-Kwoh, and W. U. Wen-Iung. "The Taiwan inquisitors (Gastropoda: Turridae)."


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