Leptadrillia quisqualis explained

Leptadrillia quisqualis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua. Clathurella quisqalis (Hinds, 1843) has also been described from Darnley Island, Torres Straits.^[2]

References

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

Notes and References

1. [G.W. Tryon]
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3340119#page/195/mode/1up Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162