Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Drillia audax | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
 | ||
Drillia audax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Contents
Description
The length of the shell attains 9.25 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
A little whitish species of oblong fusiform shape and of bold contour. It is very distinct in both sculpture and painting of the spiral straw-coloured lirae surrounding the 7 whorls, which are not costulate. One spiral lira, acute and prominent, is especially noticeable at the base of each whorl, just above the sutures.The aperture is ovate-oblong with a distinctive wide sinus. The siphonal canal is wide and very short.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Oman, found at a depth of 284 m.
References
Drillia audax Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA