Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Conoidea
Familia: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Iredalea is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
This genus was named in 1915 by Walter Oliver after Tom Iredale (1880–1972), an English-born naturalist who lived mainly in Australia.[3]
Fossil species have been found in Pliocene strata of Italy and in Miocene strata of Indonesia; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma.[4][5]
Description
The narrow, solid and turreted shell has a fusiform shape. The protoconch consists of 4 whorls, with a sinusigera apex. The shell is axially sculptured by numerous slender and continuous riblets. The aperture measures about a third of the length of the shell. The short siphonal canal is wide. The anal sinus is deep and broad, separated from the body whorl by a callosity. A brown band on the periphery is a usual feature.[3][6]
Species
Species within the genus Iredalea include:
Iredalea adenensis Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013[7]
Iredalea agatho (W.H. Dall, 1918)
Iredalea balteata (A.A. Gould, 1860)
Iredalea exilis (Pease, 1868)
Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893)[8]
Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876)[9]
Iredalea pupoidea (H. Adams, 1872)
Iredalea pygmaea (Dunker, 1860)
Iredalea subtropicalis Oliver, 1915[10]
Iredalea thalycra (J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896)
Iredalea theoteles (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Species brought into synonymy
Iredalea acuminata (J.W. Mighels, 1848): synonym of Pyrgocythara mighelsi (Kay, 1979)
Iredalea ella (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932): synonym of Brephodrillia ella Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Iredalea (Brephodrillia) perfecta (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932): synonym of Brephodrillia perfectus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
References
Iredalea Oliver, 1915. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
Oliver, W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12
Fossilworks : Iredalea
D. Scarponi and G. Della Bella. 2003. Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana, Conoidea, Vol. 1 - Drilliidae e Turridae. Università di Bologna, Museo geologico Giovanni Capellini 1-89
Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney
Morrassi, Mauro & Antonio Bonfitto. (2013). "Four new African turriform gastropods." Zootaxa 3710 (3): 271-280
Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
Iredalea subtropicalis Oliver, 1915. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
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