Orrmaesia dorsicosta

Orrmaesia dorsicosta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Orrmaesia
Species:
O. dorsicosta
Binomial name
Orrmaesia dorsicosta
Kilburn, 1988 [1]

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Southeast Atlantic Ocean off Transkei and Zululand, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Kilburn, R.N. (1988) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29, 167–320.
  2. ^ a b Orrmaesia dorsicosta Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.
  • "Orrmaesia dorsicosta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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