Microdrillia sansibarica
Microdrillia sansibarica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Microdrillia sansibarica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Microdrillia |
| Species: | M. sansibarica |
| Binomial name | |
| Microdrillia sansibarica (Thiele, 1925) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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According to Kilburn this species may be a synonym of Microdrillia patricia, but appears to have a more produced base and to lack a basal cord on early whorls.[2]
According to Tucker (2004), Bela (Acrobela) sansibarica Thiele, J., 1925 is a synonym of Bela chuni Thiele, 1925[3][4]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Zanzibar Channel.
gollark: ++magic py await bot.fetch_channel(826924583466172453)
gollark: Troubling.
gollark: ++magic py type(bot.get_guild(733813103891972130).fetch_channel(826924583466172453))
gollark: ABR *does not see* the channel and it troubles me.
gollark: ++magic py bot.get_channel(781358489418989568)
References
- WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia sansibarica (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434408 on 2016-03-17
- R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986
- "Bela chuni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899. II Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee Exped. 'Valdivia' 17(2) 36–382.
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