Agladrillia nitens
Agladrillia nitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Agladrillia nitens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Agladrillia |
| Species: | A. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Agladrillia nitens (Hinds, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm. The 8 whorls are carinately shouldered. The flesh-brown shell shows longitudinal, sharp, oblique ribs, pointed on the shoulder-angle, and extending to the suture, and revolving striae. The outer lip is sharp. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is short.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off North Australia, New Guinea and the Makassar Strait.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Agladrillia nitens. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719067 on 2016-07-25
- 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.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Mangilia nitens)
External links
- 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
- Hinds R.B. (1844–1845) The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. “Sulphur”, Under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S., etc., during the years 1836–42. Vol. II, Mollusca. Smith, Elder and Co., London, v + 72 pp., 21 pls
- M.M. Schepman, full text of "Siboga expeditie"
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