''Iredalea pupoidea'' 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 Drilliidae
The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family has no s ...
.
[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}]
According to Gastropods.com, this species is a synonym of ''
Haedropleura pygmaea
''Iredalea pygmaea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Iredalea pygmaea (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.ma ...
'' ''(Dunker, R.W., 1860)''
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
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s. 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.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone off Queensland, Australia, and the New Hebrides.
References
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links
Adams H. (1872). Descriptions of fourteen new species of land and marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1872): 12–15, pl. 3. page(s): 14, pl. 3 fig. 27
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pupoidea
Gastropods described in 1872