Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Scientific name Austrodrillia saxea Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Phylum Mollusca | |
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Austrodrillia saxea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
Contents
It was formerly included within the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The color of the shell shows an infrasutural spiral row of brown spots between the axial plicae, spirally elongate. On the body whorl are three faint continuous spiral brown bands, and very faint curved axial bands.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
References
Austrodrillia saxea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA