Paradrillia patruelis

Paradrillia patruelis
	Image of a shell of Paradrillia patruelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Paradrillia
Species:	P. patruelis
Binomial name
	Paradrillia patruelis; (Smith E. A., 1875)
Synonyms[1]
	Vexitomina chinensis Ma, 1989; Clavatula patruelis (Smith E. A., 1875à; Pleurotoma patruelis Smith E. A., 1875;

Paradrillia patruelis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

The reddish brown shell shows a white narrow band on the periphery, and, on the body whorl, a second inferior band. It contains 12½ whorls, with obsolete flexuous longitudinal plications, crossed by revolving lines. These are nodulous at the periphery, and less distinctly so inferiorly. The operculum has a subcentral nucleus.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Korea, the Philippines and off Réunion; in the Bohai Gulf and Yellow Sea.

References

Paradrillia patruelis (Smith E. A., 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Clavatula patruelis)

Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Paradrillia patruelis (Smith E. A., 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Clavatula patruelis)