Iredalea thalycra

Iredalea thalycra
Original image of a shell of Iredalea thalycra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Iredalea
Species: I. thalycra
Binomial name
Iredalea thalycra
(Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1897, "1896")
Synonyms

Mangilia thalycra Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1897, "1896" (original combination)

Iredalea thalycra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.

A small brightly banded shell. Its colour is white, banded with ochre. The shell contains 7 gradate whorls, longitudinally stoutly ribbed. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is slightly thickened. The columella is ochre-tinged plain.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands

References

  1. 1 2 Melvill & Standen (1897), Catalogue of the Hadfield collection of shells from the Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands Parts ii & III

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