Suavodrillia kennicotti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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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: | Suavodrillia |
| Species: | S. kennicotti
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| Suavodrillia kennicotti (Dall, 1871)
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 40 mm. The solid shell is white, with traces of thin yellowish epidermis. There are no longitudinal ribs. The outer lip is deeply excavated below the suture. The margin is thin and the sharp columella is twisted.[2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Taiwan
References edit
- ^ a b Suavodrillia kennicotti (Dall, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 209; 1884
- Dall, 1871. Descriptions of sixty new forms of molluscs from the West Coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Suavodrillia kennicotti.
- "Suavodrillia kennicotti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- Smithsonian Institution: holotype