''Broderipia iridescens'' is a
species of
sea snail
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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 Trochidae, the top snails.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Broderipia iridescens''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594215 on 2012-11-23]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm.
The shell is limpet-shaped, with oval outline and posterior
apex. The margins are expanded. In profile it is very depressed, highest a little back of the
middle, the slope from the apex upward short and concave, from the apex downward gently convex. The surface is lusterless, with scarcely visible growth striae. The shell is opaque-white, radiately striped with olive-bordered red lines, generally interrupted and forming a tessellated white and dark pattern. The apex is minute, recumbent, spiral, dextral. The inside of the shell is brilliantly iridescent, not showing the color pattern clearly except at the red-and-white spotted margins.
G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion
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References
External links
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To World Register of Marine Species
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iridescens
Gastropods described in 1834