Darrylia

Darrylia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Darrylia García, 2008 [1]
Type species
Darrylia harryleei García, 2008
Species
See text

Darrylia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included tentatively within the subfamily Crassispirinae of the family Turridae. ^[2]

Description

Species in this genus show a broad protoconch with 1.5 whorls and without spiral ornamentation. The claviform shell contains strong axial ribs, crossed by narrower spiral cords, and lacks a sutural cord. The elongate-ovate aperture measures about a third of the total length of the shell. The lip shows a strong varix.

Species

Species within the genus Darrylia include:

• Darrylia abdita Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
• Darrylia bizantina Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
• Darrylia clendenini (García, 2008)
• Darrylia harryleei García, 2008 ^[3]
• Darrylia kleinrosa (Usticke, 1969) (synonyms: Miraclathurella kleinrosa(Nowell-Usticke, 1969); Drillia kleinrosaNowell-Usticke, 1969)
• Darrylia maisiana Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
• Darrylia peggywilliamsae (Fallon, 2010)

References

1. García E. F. (2008). "Eight new molluscan species (Gastropoda: Turridae) from the western Atlantic, with description of two new genera". Novapex9(1): 1-15.
2. Darrylia Garcia, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 15 April 2010.
3. Darrylia harryleei García, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 15 April 2010.

External links

• E.F. Garcia, Eight new molluscan species (Gastropoda, Turridae) from the Western Atlantic with the description of two new genera; Novapex vol. 9 (2008)