Iredalea macleayi

Iredalea macleayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Iredalea macleayi
Apertural view of a shell of Iredalea macleayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Species:
I. macleayi
Binomial name
Iredalea macleayi
(Brazier, 1876) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathurella macleayi Brazier, 1876 (basionym)
  • Defrancia macleayi (Brazier, 1876)

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off Queensland, Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.

References

  1. Brazier, J. (1876) A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1, 151–162.
  2. Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.


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