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

Drillia ghyooti
Shell of Drillia ghyooti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. ghyooti
Binomial name
Drillia ghyooti
Nolf, 2008 [1]

Description

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The shell of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Ivory Coast and São Tomé and Principe.

References

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  1. ^ A new turrid species from West Africa: Drillia ghyooti (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Drilliidae), pp. 13–19, plates I–IV by F. Nolf. Neptunea vol. 7/4; November 2008
  2. ^ Drillia ghyooti Nolf, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.