Haedropleura pellyi

Haedropleura pellyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Haedropleura pellyi
Shell of Haedropleura pellyi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Haedropleura
Species:
H. pellyi
Binomial name
Haedropleura pellyi
(Smith, E.A., 1882)
Synonyms
  • Mangilia pellyi Smith E.A., 1882
  • Pleurotoma (Mangilia) pellyi Smith E.A., 1882

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf, off Madagascar, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand

References
  1. Melvill & Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)


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