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Drillia monodi

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Drillia monodi
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. monodi
Binomial name
Drillia monodi
Knudsen, 1952 [1]

Drillia monodi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

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Like most sea snails, this species has a shell used to surround and protect its soft body.

Distribution

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This species is found in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa at a depth of 144 m.

References

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  1. ^ Knudsen, J. (1952) Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Alantide Expedition, 1945–46. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn,114, 129–185, 3 pls.
  2. ^ a b Drillia monodi Knudsen, 1952. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.