Iredalea pygmaea
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Iredalea pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Iredalea |
Species: | I. pygmaea
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Binomial name | |
Iredalea pygmaea (Dunker, 1860)
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Iredalea pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
The light-brown shell is longitudinally plicate. The plicae are evanescent towards the base of the body whorl.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Mauritius, Taiwan, Japan and Fiji.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Iredalea pygmaea (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762256 on 2023-09-17
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Mangilia pygmaea)
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iredalea pygmaea.
- "Haedropleura pygmaea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 221-240
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.