Acinodrillia paula

Acinodrillia paula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Acinodrillia
Species: A. paula
Binomial name
Acinodrillia paula
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma paula Thiele, 1925

Acinodrillia paula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the claviform shell attains 11.8 mm, its width 4.2 mm. It shows the general characteristics of the genus, but is especially characterized by the axial grooves that are cut on the body whorl by spiral grooves, forming a lozenge-shaped pattern. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

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