Orrmaesia dorsicosta
Appearance
Orrmaesia dorsicosta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Orrmaesia |
Species: | O. dorsicosta
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Binomial name | |
Orrmaesia dorsicosta Kilburn, 1988 [1]
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Orrmaesia dorsicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Southeast Atlantic Ocean off Transkei and Zululand, South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.
- ^ a b Orrmaesia dorsicosta Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.
External links
[edit]- "Orrmaesia dorsicosta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.