Iredalea

Iredalea
Iredalea inclinata, abapertural view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Oliver, 1915
Type species
Iredalea subtropicalis
Oliver, 1915
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

Brephodrillia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Iredalea is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

This genus was named in 1915 by Walter Oliver after Tom Iredale (1880–1972), an English-born naturalist who lived mainly in Australia.[3]

Fossil species have been found in Pliocene strata of Italy and in Miocene strata of Indonesia; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma.[4][5]

Description

The narrow, solid and turreted shell has a fusiform shape. The protoconch consists of 4 whorls, with a sinusigera apex. The shell is axially sculptured by numerous slender and continuous riblets. The aperture measures about a third of the length of the shell. The short siphonal canal is wide. The anal sinus is deep and broad, separated from the body whorl by a callosity. A brown band on the periphery is a usual feature.[3][6]

Species

Species within the genus Iredalea include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ a b Iredalea Oliver, 1915. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ^ a b Oliver, W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12
  4. ^ Fossilworks : Iredalea
  5. ^ D. Scarponi and G. Della Bella. 2003. Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana, Conoidea, Vol. 1 - Drilliidae e Turridae. Università di Bologna, Museo geologico Giovanni Capellini 1-89
  6. ^ Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney
  7. ^ Morrassi, Mauro & Antonio Bonfitto. (2013). "Four new African turriform gastropods." Zootaxa 3710 (3): 271-280
  8. ^ Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  9. ^ Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  10. ^ Iredalea subtropicalis Oliver, 1915. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308