Drillia monodi
| Drillia monodi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. monodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia monodi Knudsen, 1952 [1]
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Drillia monodi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
[edit]Like most sea snails, this species has a shell used to surround and protect its soft body.
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa at a depth of 144 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Knudsen, J. (1952) Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Alantide Expedition, 1945–46. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn,114, 129–185, 3 pls.
- ^ a b Drillia monodi Knudsen, 1952. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.