Drillia dunkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Drillia dunkeri (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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. dunkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia dunkeri (Weinkauff, 1876)
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The homonym Drillia dunkeri Knudsen, 1952 is a synonym of Drillia knudseni Tippett, 2006
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 31 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.
References
edit- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Drillia dunkeri (Weinkauff, 1876). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591987 on 2016-09-01
- Weinkauff, H.C. & Kobelt, W. (1875–1887) Die Familie Pleurotomidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 4. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 248 pp., pls. A, 1–42.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
- Tippett D.L. (2006a) Taxonomic notes on some Indo-Pacific and West African Drillia species (Conoidea: Drillidae). Iberus, 24, 13-21-page(s): 14-17