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

Drillia alcyonea
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. alcyonea
Binomial name
Drillia alcyonea
Melvill & Standen, 1901 [1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Oman.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Drillia alcyonea Melvill & Standen, 1901. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 October 2011.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295