Drillia athyrma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Drillia athyrma | |
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| Original image of a shell of Drillia athyrma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. athyrma
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia athyrma Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R., 1901
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
The buff-colored shell is turriculated, with an elevated spire with 10 whorls. The oblique, acute, longitudinal ribs and the incrassate, subventricose, upper whorls seem characteristic. The body whorl contains about 12 ribs. The aperture is oval. The white columella is smooth. The siphonal canal is very short.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Oman
References
edit- ^ Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. (1901) The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collection of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893–1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901, 327–460
External links
edit- "Drillia athyrma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.