Leptadrillia quisqualis

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

Leptadrillia quisqualis
Drawing of a shell Leptadrillia quisqualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Leptadrillia
Species:	L. quisqualis
Binomial name
Leptadrillia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella quisqualis (Hinds, 1843) Clavatula quisqualis Hinds, 1843 (basionym) Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) quisqualis (Hinds, 1843) Cymatosyrinx quisqualis (Hinds, 1843) Daphnella quisqualis (Hinds, 1843) Mangilia quisqualis (Hinds, 1843) Pleurotoma quisqualis (Hinds, 1843) Pleurotoma (Brachytoma) quisqualis (Hinds, 1843)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 11 mm. The white shell is obtusely angulated, smooth above the angle, which is nodose by the termination of short longitudinal ribs.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua. Clathurella quisqalis (Hinds, 1843) has also been described from Darnley Island, Torres Straits.^[3]