Drillia dejecta

Drillia dejecta
	Drillia dejecta, specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. dejecta
Binomial name
	Drillia dejecta; (Smith E.A., 1888)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Drillia) dejecta Smith E.A., 1888

Drillia dejecta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description[edit]

The shell grows to a length of 11.5 mm; its diameter 3.5 mm. The fusiform shell contains nine whorls, of which two dull, shining whorls in the protoconch. The other whorls are convex with oblique, acute, longitudinal ribs (11 in the body whorl). Three spiral lirae form nodules when crossing the ribs. The body whorl contains about 15 spiral lirae, but only the upper three are nodulose. The ribs on the body whorl are terminated inferiorly by the spiral lirations around the cauda, which are rather thicker than those on the rest of the shell. The oval aperture measures 10/23 of the total length of the shell. The short siphonal canal is recurved and inclined to the right. The anal sinus is large and deep. The columella is slightly angled and shows a callus.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 6th ser. v.2. (1888); p. 306

External links[edit]

"Drillia dejecta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[Smith-1] The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 6th ser. v.2. (1888); p. 306

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