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Suavodrillia declivis

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Suavodrillia declivis
Original image of two shells of Suavodrillia declivis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Suavodrillia
Species:
S. declivis
Binomial name
Suavodrillia declivis
(Martens, 1880)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asthenotoma (Suavodrillia) declivis (Martens, 1880)
  • Moniliopsis (Suavodrillia) declivis (Martens, 1880)
  • Pleurotoma declivis Martens, 1880

Suavodrillia declivis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

Description

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The shell is multicarinate with a few, strong carinae. The siphonal canal is somewhat more produced and narrowed. The anal sinus is shallow. The columella is not plicate. The color of the shell is light reddish fulvous.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

References

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  1. ^ von Martens, E. (1880a–1881) Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. Vol. 1. Theodor Fischer, Cassel, viii + 101 pp., 18 pls. [Published in parts, Heft 1–4, 1–72 pp., pls. 1–12, in 1880, Heft 5/6, 73–101 pp., pls. 13–18, in 1881]
  2. ^ a b Suavodrillia declivis (Martens, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 170; 1884
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.