Iredalea pygmaea

Iredalea pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The light-brown shell is longitudinally plicate. The plicae are evanescent towards the base of the body whorl.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius, Taiwan, Japan and Fiji.

References

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

External links

• Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 221-240
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.