Drillia alcyonea

Drillia alcyonea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Drillia
Species: D. alcyonea
Binomial name
Drillia alcyonea
Melvill & Standen, 1901 [1]

Drillia alcyonea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Oman.

References

  1. Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. (1901) The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collection of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893–1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901, 327–460
  2. Drillia alcyonea Melvill & Standen, 1901.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 October 2011.


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