Darrylia kleinrosa

Darrylia kleinrosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Horaiclavidae
Genus:Darrylia
Species: D. kleinrosa
Binomial name
Darrylia kleinrosa
(Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
Synonyms
  • Drillia kleinrosa Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Miraclathurella kleinrosa (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)

Darrylia kleinrosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

According to Garcia (2008), this species belongs in Darrylia and not in Miraclathurella (as proposed by DeJong & Coomans, 1988) [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

References

  1. 1 2 E.F. Garcia, Eight new molluscan species (Gastropoda, Turridae) from the Western Atlantic with the description of two new genera; Novapex vol. 9 (2008)
  • Nowell-Usticke, G. W. "A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated)." To be added to the check list of the marine shells of St. Croix. Published privately 6 (1969).


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