Iredalea inclinata

Iredalea inclinata
Iredalea inclinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Species: I. inclinata
Binomial name
Iredalea inclinata
(Sowerby III, 1893) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavus inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893)
  • Drillia inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893)
  • Pleurotoma inclinata Sowerby III, 1893 (basionym)
  • Tylotiella inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893)

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

Description

The size of an adult shell is moderately large and varies between 16 mm and 25 mm. The 9 teleoconch whorls contain 12 - 15 ribs.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific off Southeast Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius and Réunion .

References

  1. Sowerby, G.B., III. (1893) Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1893, 487–492, pl. 38.
  2. 1 2 Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.
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