Iredalea pygmaea

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Iredalea pygmaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Species:
I. pygmaea
Binomial name
Iredalea pygmaea
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms [1]
  • Haedropleura fukuchianaYokoyama, 1922
  • Haedropleura pygmaea(Dunker, 1860) ·
  • Mangilia pygmaeaDunker, 1860
  • Mangilia victorG.B. Sowerby III, 1894 (taxon inquirendum)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The light-brown shell is longitudinally plicate. The plicae are evanescent towards the base of the body whorl. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius, Taiwan, Japan and Fiji.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Iredalea pygmaea (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762256 on 2023-09-17
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Mangilia pygmaea)


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