Drillia dakarensis
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| Drillia dakarensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. dakarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia dakarensis Knudsen, 1956 [1] | |
Drillia dakarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
The shell grows to a length of 12 mm. The snail lives in marine habitat and produces marine sediment.[3] This snail is a predator and its shell contains calcium carbonate.[3]