Suavodrillia kennicotti
Encyclopedia
Suavodrillia kennicotti is a species of sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Borsoniidae
.
The solid shell is white, with traces of thin yellowish epidermis. There are no no longitudinal ribs. The outer lip
is deeply excavated below the suture. The margin is thin and the sharp columella is twisted.
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.In 2011, Bouchet, Kantor et al...
.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 40 mm.The solid shell is white, with traces of thin yellowish epidermis. There are no no longitudinal ribs. The outer lip
Lip (gastropod)
In the shell of a gastropod mollusk , the margin of the aperture is called the lip or the peristome. In other words, this is a term used to describe part of gastropod shell anatomy....
is deeply excavated below the suture. The margin is thin and the sharp columella is twisted.