| Drillia rosacea | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drillia rosacea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. rosacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea, Ivory Coast and Gabon
References
- Reeve, L.A. (1846) Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1845, 108–119.
- ^ Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845). 19 October 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon . Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
External links
- "Neodrillia rosacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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| Drillia rosacea | |