Iredalea inclinata
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
Iredalea inclinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell is moderately large and varies between 16 mm and 25 mm. The 9 teleoconch whorls contain 12–15 ribs.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific off Southeast Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion .
References
Sowerby, G.B., III. (1893) Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1893, 487–492, pl. 38.
Published in: Kilburn, R. N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 29(1): 167–320
Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.
Sowerby G.B. III 1893, Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893: 487–492
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
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