Globidrillia hemphillii
Drawing of a shell of Globidrillia hemphillii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Globidrillia
Species:
G. hemphillii
Binomial name
Globidrillia hemphillii
(Stearns, 1871) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavus hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Cymatosyrinx hemphilli (Stearns, 1871)
  • Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma) hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Drillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871)
  • Pleurotoma hemphillii Stearns, 1871
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) hemphillii Stearns, 1871

Globidrillia hemphillii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Description

The small, slender, polished shell has a long spire and a short aperture terminating in a short, broad, open siphonal canal. It is horn-colored. There are inconspicuous longitudinal ribs on the spire, which are obsolete on the body whorl,. The sutural line is impressed. (described as Drillia hemphillii)[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Lower California.

References

  1. ↑ Stearns, R.E.C. (1871) Preliminary descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca from the west coast of North America. Conchological Memoranda, No. VII, 2.
  2. 1 2 Globidrillia hemphillii (Stearns, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2011.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 102
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
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