Darrylia kleinrosa

Darrylia kleinrosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Darrylia kleinrosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Darrylia
Species:
D. kleinrosa
Binomial name
Darrylia kleinrosa
(Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
Synonyms
  • Drillia kleinrosa Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Miraclathurella kleinrosa (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)

According to Garcia (2008), this species belongs in Darrylia and not in Miraclathurella (as proposed by DeJong & Coomans, 1988).[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

References

  • Nowell-Usticke, G. W. "A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated)." To be added to the check list of the marine shells of St. Croix. Published privately 6 (1969).
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
  • "Miraclathurella kleinrosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Faber, M. J., 1988. The malacological taxa of Gordon W. Nowell-Usticke


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