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Drillia diasi

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Drillia diasi
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. diasi
Binomial name
Drillia diasi
K.H. Barnard, 1958

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

Description

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The creamy white shell consists of calcium carbonates and unusually for shelled animals contains little to no chitin. It attains the length 9 mm and the diameter 3.75 mm. This animal is carnivorous, has only one gill and one kidney and lacks a brain.[citation needed]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off South Africa.

References

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  1. ^ Drillia diasi Barnard, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2011.