Drillia tripter

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title: "Drillia tripter" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["drillia", "gastropods-described-in-1883"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/drillia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drillia_tripter" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of gastropod ::

| taxon =Drillia tripter | image = Drillia tripter 001.png | image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Drillia tripter | authority =Von Maltzan, 1883 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• Crassispira tripter Maltzan, H.F. von, 1883
• Pleurotoma tripter Paetel, 1888 | display_parents = 3

Drillia tripter is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The light violaceous shell has a wide and shallow anal sinus. The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal, Ghana)

References

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

References

1. von Maltzan, H.F. (1883) ''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden''. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 10, 115–135, pl. 3.
2. {{WRMS species. 433612. ''Drillia tripter'' Von Maltzan, 1883. 19 October 2011
3. [[G.W. Tryon]], Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 208; 1884

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