| Leptadrillia quisqualis | |
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| Drawing of a shell Leptadrillia quisqualis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Leptadrillia |
| Species: | L. quisqualis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843) | |
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Leptadrillia quisqualis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua. Clathurella quisqalis (Hinds, 1843) has also been described from Darnley Island, Torres Straits.
References
- ^ Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2011.
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 257; 1884 (described as Mangilia quisqualis)
- Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
External links
- "Cymatosyrinx quisqualis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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| Leptadrillia quisqualis | |