Drilliola reevii
Species of gastropod
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Drilliola reevii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Drilliola reevii | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drilliola reevii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Drilliola |
| Species: | D. reevii |
| Binomial name | |
| Drilliola reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850) | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13.5 mm. The shell is multicarinate. The interstices are longitudinally striate. The color of the shell is pale violaceous or whitish, sometimes indistinctly fasciated with a darker color above. The columella is one- or two-plaited. The outer lip is acute, crenulated, and shows a slight sinus.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and off Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines
