Agladrillia rhodochroa

Agladrillia rhodochroa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Agladrillia rhodochroa
Original image of a shell of Agladrillia rhodochroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Agladrillia
Species:
A. rhodochroa
Binomial name
Agladrillia rhodochroa
(Dautzenberg, 1900)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia rhodochroa Dautzenberg, 1900 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.

(Original description - in French) The solid shell has a polished appearance. It has a flesh color or is pinkish while the acute, turriculated shell contains 10 slightly convex whorls, separated by an oppressed suture. The protoconch contains two smooth and papillary whorls. The whorls of the teleoconch show oblique, strong, longitudinal ribs. These ribs have about the same width as their interspaces. These interspaces are ornated with decurrent, regularly separated furrows and slightly visible growth lines. The dorsal region of the body whorl only shows these furrows and growth lines. It is limited by the edge of the lip on one side and on the other side by a last longitudinal, variciform rib. The oval aperture ends up in a short, open siphonal canal. The columella is almost straight and shows a thick callus. The sharp outer lip is on top provided with a very deep sinus.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia.

References
  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Agladrillia rhodochroa (Dautzenberg, 1900). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532361 on 2016-07-26
  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. Dautzenberg, Philippe (1900) Croisières du yacht Chazalie dans l'Atlantique: Mollusques. Mem. Soc. Zool. France XIII: 145–265, plates IX–X
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