Orrmaesia dorsicosta (original) (raw)
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Species of gastropod
| Orrmaesia dorsicosta | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.
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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Southeast Atlantic Ocean off Transkei and Zululand, South Africa.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Orrmaesia dorsicosta Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
- "Orrmaesia dorsicosta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.