Kylix impressa

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

Kylix impressa
Drawing of a shell of Kylix impressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Kylix
Species:
K. impressa
Binomial name
Kylix impressa
(Hinds, 1843) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavatula impressa Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Drillia impressa (Hinds, 1843)
  • Drillia (Clavus) impressa (Hinds, 1843)
  • Elaeocyma impressa Hinds, 1843
  • Pleurotoma impressa (Hinds, 1843)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 14 mm. The shell is tuberculately ribbed with oblique ribs. The interstices are transversely striated The back of the body whorl is smooth. The shell has a pale flesh-color, the ribs are whitish. The outer lip is a little expanded.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua to Costa Rica.

References
  1. Hinds, R.B. (1843) On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1843, 36–46.
  2. Kylix impressa (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 October 2011.
  3. G.W. Tryon Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 189; 1884 (described as Drillia impressa)
  • "Elaeocyma impressa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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