Imaclava ima explained

Imaclava ima, common name Ima's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

McLean (1971) considered this species to be a synonym of Imaclava unimaculata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 50 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.

References

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

Notes and References

1. McLean, J.H. (1971b) Family Turridae. In Keen, A.M. (Ed.) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, pp. 686–766.