Drillia ballista
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| Drillia ballista | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Drillia ballista | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. ballista |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia ballista Von Maltzan, 1883 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pleurotoma ballista Paetel, 1888 | |
Drillia ballista is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm. The shell is wax-yellow. It is narrowly sinuate with the anal sinus pretty deep.[3]