Darrylia kleinrosa explained

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).

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5mm.

Distribution

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

References

• 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).

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
  • Faber, M. J., 1988. The malacological taxa of Gordon W. Nowell-Usticke

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/stream/novapextrimestri92soci#page/n15/mode/2up/search/Darrylia E.F. Garcia, Eight new molluscan species (Gastropoda, Turridae) from the Western Atlantic with the description of two new genera; Novapex vol. 9 (2008)