Species of gastropod
Drillia barkliensis
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Drawing of a shell of Drillia barkliensis
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Neogastropoda
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Superfamily:
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Conoidea
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Family:
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Drilliidae
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Genus:
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Drillia
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Species:
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D. barkliensis
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Binomial name
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Drillia barkliensis
H. Adams, 1869
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Synonyms[1]
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- Brachytoma barkliensis Gravely, 1942
- Crassispira barkliensis (Adams, H.G., 1869)
- Crassispira strigata Sowerby II, 1874
- Drillia rougeyroni (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1874)
- Drillia strigata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
- Pleurotoma (Crassispira) barklyensis von Martens, 1880
- Pleurotoma barclayana Paetel, 1888
- Turridrupa barkliensis H. Adams, 1869
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Drillia barkliensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
The whorls are granulated minutely, with a tuberculated shoulder. The shell is chocolate- or orange-brown, the latter often white-banded above the shoulder, and sometimes with an inferior narrow darker band. The tubercles and usually the granules are white. The shell grows to a length of 25 mm (0.98 in).[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.
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