''Austrodrillia beraudiana'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Ka ...
.
[WoRMS (2015). Austrodrillia beraudiana (Crosse, 1863). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433082 on 20 September 2016]
It was previously categorized within the family
Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
.
Description
The length of the shell attains 17 mm. This is a stouter, shorter shell than ''
Austrodrillia angasi'', with fewer, more widely spaced ribs.
Distribution
This marine species is
endemic to Australia and occurs off
New South Wales (
Clarence River), southern
Tasmania and
Victoria.
References
* Crosse, H. 1863. ''Description d'espèces nouvelles d'Australie''. Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 84–90
* Angas, G.F. 1867. ''A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185–233
* Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. ''On some new Tasmanian marine shells''. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1878: 32–40
* Hedley, C. 1922. ''A revision of the Australian Turridae.'' Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
* May, W.L. 1923. ''An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species.'' Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
* Laseron, C. 1954. ''Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca).'' Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1–56, pls 1–12.
* Wells, F.E. 1990. ''Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia''. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73–117
* Wilson, B. 1994. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
*
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295Syntype at MNHN, Paris
beraudiana
Gastropods of Australia
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