Drillia dunkeri
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| Drillia dunkeri | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drillia dunkeri (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. dunkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia dunkeri (Weinkauff, 1876) | |
Drillia dunkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. It was originally described by Weinkauff in 1876 as Pleurotoma (Clavus) dunkeri.[1][2]
The species was originally described as Pleurotoma (Clavus) dunkeri by Weinkauff in 1876. It is currently placed in the genus Drillia within the family Drilliidae, following subsequent taxonomic revisions.[2][1]
The name Drillia dunkeri (Knudsen, 1952) is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Drillia knudseni( Tippett, 2006.)[1]