Drillia dakarensis explained

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm. The snail lives in marine habitat and produces marine sediment.^[1] This snail is a predator and its shell containscalcium carbonate.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa (Cape Verde, Senegal, and Ghana).

References

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

• • Holotype in the MNHN, Paris

Notes and References

1. Web site: Drillia dakarensis Knudsen 1956 - Encyclopedia of Life . eol.org . 3 May 2020.