Iredalea pupoidea
| Iredalea pupoidea | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Iredalea pupoidea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Iredalea |
| Species: | I. pupoidea |
| Binomial name | |
| Iredalea pupoidea (H. Adams, 1872) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zafra pupoidea H. Adams, 1872 (original combination) | |
Iredalea pupoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
According to Gastropods.com, this species is a synonym of Haedropleura pygmaea (Dunker, R.W., 1860) [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
The elongate-ovoid, solid shell has numerous, longitudinal, obtuse ribs. The sutures on the convex-conical spire are impressed. The shell contains 6 whorls. The anal sinus is short and wide. The narrow aperture has an oval shape. The arcuate columella is callous. The color of the shell is white, with a broad chestnut band below the periphery, and tinged with chestnut at the base. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone off Queensland, Australia, and the New Hebrides.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Iredalea pupoidea (H. Adams, 1872). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827677 on 2016-10-14}
- ↑ Gastropods.com: Haedropleura pygmaea
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences