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
  1. E.F. Garcia, Eight new molluscan species (Gastropoda, Turridae) from the Western Atlantic with the description of two new genera; Novapex vol. 9 (2008)
  • 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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