Drillia dakarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
The shell grows to a length of 12 mm. The snail lives in marine habitat and produces marine sediment. This snail is a predator and its shell contains calcium carbonate.
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa (Cape Verde, Senegal, and Ghana).