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Drilliola megalacme

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Drilliola megalacme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Drilliola
Species:
D. megalacme
Binomial name
Drilliola megalacme
(Sykes, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • Micropleurotoma megalacme (Sykes, 1906)
  • Spirotropis megalacme Sykes, 1906 (basionym)

Drilliola megalacme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

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The species has a small, conical shell with its spire well raised and is fairly solid. Its colour is whitish-brown, with a white protoconch. It has six turreted whorls that are regularly increasing. Below the carina appear numerous longitudinal riblets, decussated by spiral carinations, giving the shell a somewhat prickly or nodulous appearance. The mouth is small, with a well-marked sinuation above.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in European waters along Portugal.[1]

References

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  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213