Paradrillia inconstans

Paradrillia inconstans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids.[1]

Subspecies
  • Paradrillia inconstans prunulum (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901) (synonyms: Drillia prunulum Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901; Paradrillia gaylordae Preston, 1905)

Paradrillia inconstans
Image of a shell of Paradrillia inconstans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Paradrillia
Species:
P. inconstans
Binomial name
Paradrillia inconstans
(Smith E. A., 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula asamusiensis Numura & Zinbo, 1940
  • Clavatula gaylordae Preston, H.B. 1905
  • Drillia inconstans (Smith E. A., 1875)
  • Paradrillia asamusiensis Nomura & Zinbo, 1940
  • Pleurotoma inconstans Smith E. A., 1875

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Queensland, Australia

References
  1. Paradrillia inconstans (Smith E. A., 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Smith, E.A. 1875. A list of the Gasteropoda collected in Japanese seas by Commander H.C. St. John, R.N. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 15: 414–427
  • Preston, H.B. 1905. Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Ceylon. Journal of Malacology 12(1): 1–8
  • Habe, T. 1961. Coloured illustrations of shells of Japan. Osaka, Japan : Hoikusha 82 pp., 66 pls.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • "Paradrillia inconstans inconstans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.


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