Iredalea inclinata
Iredalea inclinata | |
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Iredalea inclinata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Iredalea |
Species: | I. inclinata |
Binomial name | |
Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893) [1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Iredalea inclinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 16 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific off Southeast Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius and Réunion .
References
- ↑ Sowerby, G.B., III. (1893) Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomi- dae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1893, 487–492, pl. 38.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.