Iredalea inclinata

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

Iredalea inclinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Iredalea
Species:	I. inclinata
Binomial name
Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893) [1]
Synonyms[2]
Clavus inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893) Drillia inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893) Pleurotoma inclinata Sowerby III, 1893 (basionym) Tylotiella inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893)

Description

The size of an adult shell is moderately large and varies between 16 mm and 25 mm. The 9 teleoconch whorls contain 12 - 15 ribs.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indo-Pacific off Southeast Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion .

References

1. Sowerby, G.B., III. (1893) Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1893, 487–492, pl. 38.
2. Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.

• Sowerby G.B. III 1893, Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893: 487–492
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

• "Iredalea inclinata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.