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Drillia acapulcana

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Drillia acapulcana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. acapulcana
Binomial name
Drillia acapulcana
(Lowe, 1935)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus acapulcana DuShane & R. Poorman, 1967
  • Elaeocyma acapulcana Lowe, 1935

Drillia acapulcana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Originally named Elaeocyma acapulcana by H.N. Lowe in 1935, it was renamed Drillia acapulcana by Mclean in 1971.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 23 mm, its diameter 10 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific off Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ a b Drillia acapulcana (Lowe, 1935). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 October 2011.
  2. ^ McLean, J.H. (1971a) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
  • Angeline Myra Keen (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Stanford University Press. p. 701. ISBN 978-0-8047-0736-7.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
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