Iredalea exilis explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

The whorls are nearly plane and longitudinally plicately ribbed. The ribs are small and close, descending from the sutures. The aperture is very short. The siphonal canal is short and open. The shell is reddish chestnut, the ribs whitish, with a dark band below the middle of the body whorl.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific off Tahiti.

References

• Pease, W.H. 1867. Description of marine gasteropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 3(3): 211–222 pl. 15
• Kilburn, R.N. 1988. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4 Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(1): 167-320
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
• Horro J., Gori S., Rosado J. & Rolán E. (2021). Little conoidean shells from Dhofar, Oman, with descriptions of 35 new species. Visaya. suppl. 16: 1-161.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Iredalea exilis (Pease, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762255 on 2023-09-17
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