Drillia spirostachys is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Drillia spirostachys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species:
D. spirostachys
Binomial name
Drillia spirostachys
Kilburn, 1988 [1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Western Indian Ocean off South Africa (south of Durban)

References

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  1. ^ Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.
  2. ^ Drillia spirostachys Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.