''Drilliola reevii'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Drilliola reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1557969 on 2022-10-03ssed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435065 on 22 January 2015]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13.5 mm. The shell is multicarinate. The interstices are longitudinally striate. The color of the shell is pale violaceous or whitish, sometimes indistinctly fasciated with a darker color above. The
columella is one- or two-plaited. The outer
lip is acute, crenulated, and shows a slight sinus.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
(described as ''Pleurotoma violacea'')
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and off Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines
References
* Kilburn, R.N. (1986) ''Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae''. Annals of the Natal Museum, 27, 633–720 page(s): 715
* Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S.P. (2021). ''New Borsoniidae from the Central Philippines.'' Gloria Maris. 60(4): 188-207
External links
*
Adams, C. B. (1850). Notes on the synonymy of certain marine shells. Contributions to Conchology. 4: 54-55
Hinds, R. B. (1843). On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 36-46.
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Gastropods described in 1850