''Paradrillia rougeyroni'' 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 ...
.
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
There is a remarkable similarity with '' Drillia barkliensis'' H. Adams, 1869 (synonym: ''Drillia rougeyroni'' (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1874) )
Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands
References
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rougeyroni
Gastropods described in 1874
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