Microdrillia dinos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Microdrillia dinos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Microdrillia |
| Species: | M. dinos
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| Binomial name | |
| Microdrillia dinos Kilburn, 1986
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Description
editThe small, claviform shell has a maximum length of 7 mm and a width of 2.8 mm. The protoconch contains at least 4 whorls and the teleoconch 5 whorls. The protoconch has 35 axial riblets on its penultimate whorl and 21 to 24 ribs on its last whorl. The collabral threads are weak. On the base of the body whorl one can see 12 to 13 spiral lirae.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs on the continental slope of Eastern Transkei, South Africa
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia dinos Kilburn, 1986. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434403 on 2016-03-17
- ^ R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986 - reference.sabinet.co.za
External links
edit- "Microdrillia dinos". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308