Iwaoa reticulata

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Iwaoa reticulata
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Shell of Iwaoa reticulata (specimen at MNHN, paris]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Iwaoa
Species:
I. reticulata
Binomial name
Iwaoa reticulata
T. Kuroda, 1953
Synonyms [1]

Paradrillia reticulataKuroda, 1953

Iwaoa reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Contents

It was previously included within the family Clavatulidae. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the East China Sea and Suruga Bay to Tosa Bay, Japan, at a depth between 200 m and 300 m; also in the Bismarck Sea.

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