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Drillia corusca

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Phylum
  
Clade
  
Drillia corusca

Drillia corusca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

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Description

The shell has a rather pyramidal shape. It is highly polished. The upper portion of the whorls are flat, clouded with reddish brown and white. The lower portion are more prominent, encircled with a row of irregular reddish brown dots. The body whorl is encircled with two rows of dots. The aperture is short. The siphonal canal is very short.

The shell differs much from the ordinary type of Drillia, the form being more like a Daphnella.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

Drillia corusca Wikipedia


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