Naudedrillia praetermissa

Naudedrillia praetermissa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Naudedrillia praetermissa
Shell of Naudedrillia praetermissa (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Naudedrillia
Species:	N. praetermissa
Binomial name
Naudedrillia praetermissa (Smith E. A., 1904)
Synonyms[1]
Austrodrillia praetermissa (E. A. Smith, 1904) Drillia praetermissa Smith E. A., 1904 (original combination) Drillia zenobia Turton, W.H., 1932

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15mm and 20mm.

The species belongs to the Pseudomelatomidae family, which forms part of a larger group known as turrids. This group has witnessed a decline in importance from the Cretaceous period to the present.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mossel Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa