Drillia umbilicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Drillia umbilicata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. umbilicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Drillia umbilicata Gray, 1838 [1]
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Description edit
The shell grows to a length of 32 mm. The shell is light yellowish brown or yellowish white. It shows prominent, distant ribs, forming a strongly tuberculate shoulder, and revolving striae. The anal sinus is produced upwards. The inner lip is thickened below, forming with the axis a false umbilicus.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Sierra Leone and from Gabon to Angola.
References edit
- ^ Gray, J.E. (1838) On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1, 1, 27–30.
- ^ a b Drillia umbilicata Gray, 1838. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 179; 1884
External links edit
- "Drillia umbilicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.