Iredalea pupoidea

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

Iredalea pupoidea
Drawing of a shell of Iredalea pupoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Species:
I. pupoidea
Binomial name
Iredalea pupoidea
(H. Adams, 1872)
Synonyms[1]

Zafra pupoidea H. Adams, 1872 (original combination)

According to Gastropods.com, this species is a synonym of Haedropleura pygmaea (Dunker, R.W., 1860) [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

The elongate-ovoid, solid shell has numerous, longitudinal, obtuse ribs. The sutures on the convex-conical spire are impressed. The shell contains 6 whorls. The anal sinus is short and wide. The narrow aperture has an oval shape. The arcuate columella is callous. The color of the shell is white, with a broad chestnut band below the periphery, and tinged with chestnut at the base.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off Queensland, Australia, and the New Hebrides.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Iredalea pupoidea (H. Adams, 1872). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827677 on 2016-10-14}
  2. "Haedropleura pygmaea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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