Iredalea pupoidea explained

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

According to Gastropods.com, this species is a synonym of Haedropleura pygmaea (Dunker, R.W., 1860)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

The elongate-ovoid, solid shell has numerous, longitudinal, obtuse ribs. The sutures on the convex-conical spire are impressed. The shell contains 6 whorls. The anal sinus is short and wide. The narrow aperture has an oval shape. The arcuate columella is callous. The color of the shell is white, with a broad chestnut band below the periphery, and tinged with chestnut at the base.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off Queensland, Australia, and the New Hebrides.

References

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

External links

• Adams H. (1872). Descriptions of fourteen new species of land and marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1872): 12–15, pl. 3. page(s): 14, pl. 3 fig. 27

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Iredalea pupoidea (H. Adams, 1872). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827677 on 2016-10-14}
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences