Drillia rosolina explained

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

The species was unsatisfactory described by Frederick Price Marrat (1820-1904) and he didn't provide an image. According to Powell (1966) this species is a synonym of Drillia rosacea (Reeve, 1845).^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm. This species resembles Drillia rosacea, but is obliquely ribbed, closely striated, and of uniform rose color.^[2] The color, according to Philippe Dautzenberg, is variable and may also be whitish with a dark brown band on the body whorl.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.

References

• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

Notes and References

1. Powell, A.W.B. (1966) "The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species". Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5, 1–184, 23 pls.
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
3. https://archive.org/details/contributionla00dau Dautzenberg (1910), Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale; Bordeaux :Y. Cadoret,1910