Microdrillia sansibarica

Microdrillia sansibarica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Microdrillia sansibarica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species:
M. sansibarica
Binomial name
Microdrillia sansibarica
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela sansibarica Thiele, 1925 (original combination)

According to Kilburn this species may be a synonym of Microdrillia patricia, but appears to have a more produced base and to lack a basal cord on early whorls.[2]

According to Tucker (2004), Bela (Acrobela) sansibarica Thiele, J., 1925 is a synonym of Bela chuni Thiele, 1925.[3][4]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Zanzibar Channel.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Microdrillia sansibarica (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434408 on 2016-03-17
  2. ^ R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986
  3. ^ "Bela chuni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899. II Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee Exped. 'Valdivia' 17(2) 36–382.
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