Decoradrillia pulchella

Decoradrillia pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Decoradrillia pulchella
Shell of Decoradrillia pulchella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Decoradrillia
Species:	D. pulchella
Binomial name
Decoradrillia pulchella (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Clavus (Tylotiella) pulchella (Reeve, 1845) Drillia pulchella Reeve, 1845 Fenimorea halidorema Schwengel, 1940 Pleurotoma angustae C. B. Adams, 1850 Pleurotoma pulchella Reeve, 1845 Splendrillia (Fenimorea) halidorema Abbott, 1974

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 25 mm. The pink shell has a chestnut band below the periphery, and a chestnut line, interrupted by the tubercles.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea (Jamaica, Colombia) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Northern Brazil at depths between 0 m and 100 m.