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Drillia barkliensis H. Adams 1869

Drillia barkliensis

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

Description

The whorls are granulated minutely, with a tuberculated shoulder. The shell is chocolate- or orange-brown, the latter often white-banded above the shoulder, and sometimes with an inferior narrow darker band. The tubercles and usually the granules are white. The shell grows to a length of 25 mm (0.98 in).[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b Drillia barkliensis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 March 2012.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 192; 1884

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Drillia barkliensis: Brief Summary

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Drillia barkliensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

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