Drillia sowerbyi

Drillia sowerbyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Drillia sowerbyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Drillia
Species:	D. sowerbyi
Binomial name
Drillia sowerbyi Turton, W.H., 1932

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

References

• Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

• "Drillia sowerbyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.