Iredalea

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Iredalea inclinata 001.jpg | image_caption = Iredalea inclinata, abapertural view | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Iredalea | authority = Oliver, 1915 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Brephodrillia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 | type_species = Iredalea subtropicalis | type_species_authority = Oliver, 1915 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text

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

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

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

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.

Species

Species within the genus Iredalea include:

References

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 225483. ''Iredalea'' Oliver, 1915. 13 April 2010
  2. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". [[Journal of Molluscan Studies]].
  3. [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_47/rsnz_47_00_008530.html Oliver, W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12]
  4. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97913 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. [https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney]
  7. [http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3710.3.5 Morrassi, Mauro & Antonio Bonfitto. (2013). "Four new African turriform gastropods." ''Zootaxa'' 3710 (3): 271-280]
  8. {{WRMS species. 434098. ''Iredalea inclinata'' (Sowerby III, 1893). 13 April 2010
  9. {{WRMS species. 434099. ''Iredalea macleayi'' (Brazier, 1876). 13 April 2010
  10. {{WRMS species. 434100. ''Iredalea subtropicalis'' Oliver, 1915. 13 April 2010

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