Agladrillia fuegiensis

Agladrillia fuegiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Agladrillia
Species: A. fuegiensis
Binomial name
Agladrillia fuegiensis
(Smith E. A., 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eumetadrillia fuegiensis Carcelles & Williamson, 1951
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) fuegiensis Smith E. A., 1888 (original description)

Agladrillia fuegiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.

The short, purplish-pink colored shell has a fusiform shape. The base of the shell has a pale color. The shell consists of seven whorls, of which two in the large and obtuse protoconch. The oblique ribs are the thickest at their upper ends. The purplish-pink color is deepened at the middle of the body whorl, forming an obscure spiral band. The aperture equals the 2/5 of the length of the shell. The thin outer lip is sinuate close to the suture. The columella is slightly arcuate in the middle and oblique at its base. The short siphonal canal is wide and slightly recurved.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tierra del Fuego, the Strait of Magellan and off the Falklands.

References

  1. 1 2 Agladrillia fuegiensis (Smith E. A., 1888).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2011.
  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. ↑ Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317
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