Iredalea

Iredalea
Iredalea inclinata, abapertural view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Oliver, 1915
Type species
Iredalea subtropicalis Oliver, 1915
Synonyms

Brephodrillia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Iredalea is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

This genus was named in 1915 by Walter Oliver after Tom Iredale (1880–1972), an English-born naturalist who lived mainly in Australia.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Iredalea include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Iredalea Oliver, 1915.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. Oliver, W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12.
  4. Morrassi, Mauro & Antonio Bonfitto. (2013). "Four new African turriform gastropods." Zootaxa 3710 (3): 271-280.
  5. Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  7. Iredalea subtropicalis Oliver, 1915.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

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