Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Drillia barkliensis | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Drillia barkliensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
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Description
The whorls are granulated minutely, with a tuberculated shoulder. The shell is chocolate- or orange-brown, the latter often white-banded above the shoulder, and sometimes with an inferior narrow darker band. The tubercles and usually the granules are white. The shell grows to a length of 25 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.
References
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