Agladrillia macella

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Agladrillia macella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Agladrillia
Species:
A. macella
Binomial name
Agladrillia macella
(Melvill, 1923)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia macilenta(Melvill, 1923) (based on an invalid original name)
  • Surcula macilentaMelvill, 1923, non Solander in Brander, 1766
  • Turris (Surcula) macellaMelvill, 1923
  • Turris macellaMelvill, 1923 superseded combination

Agladrillia macella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 17.2 mm, its diameter 5 mm. [3]

Distribution

The holotype has been found off South Africa. The given type locality is unlikely as the holotype does not resemble anything known from the South African littoral. The referral to Agladrillia is speculative. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Agladrillia macella (Melvill, 1923) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 September 2011.
  2. ↑ 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 .
  3. ↑ Melvill, J.C. "On Turris (Surcula) macella nom. nov. for T. macilenta Melv., nom. praeocc". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15: 309. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.


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