Neodrillia blakensis

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Neodrillia blakensis
Neodrillia blakensis 001.jpg
Shell of Neodrillia blakensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Neodrillia
Species:
N. blakensis
Binomial name
Neodrillia blakensis
(Tippett, 2007)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathrodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007)
  • Drillia blakensis Tippett, 2007 (original combination)
  • Drillia (Clathrodrillia) blakensis Tippett, 2007

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

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas; also off Martinique.

References[]

  1. ^ Tippett, D. L. 2007. Two new gastropod species (Neogastropoda: Drilliidae: Turridae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus. 121 (4): 210–213
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Neodrillia blakensis (Tippett, 2007). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872144 on 2016-08-02

External links[]

Neodrillia blakensis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
  • Fallon P.J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363
  • "Neodrillia blakensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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