Globidrillia hemphillii
| Globidrillia hemphillii | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Globidrillia hemphillii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Globidrillia |
| Species: | G. hemphillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Globidrillia hemphillii ((Stearns, 1871) [1] | |
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Globidrillia hemphillii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The small, slender, polished shell has a long spire and a short aperture terminating in a short, broad, open siphonal canal. Its is horn-colored. There are inconspicuous longitudinal ribs on the spire, which are obsolete on the body whorl,. The sutural line is impressed. (described as Drillia hemphillii)[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Lower California.
References
- ↑ Stearns, R.E.C. (1871) Preliminary descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca from the west coast of North America. Conchological Memoranda, No. VII, 2.
- 1 2 Globidrillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 102
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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