Iredalea macleayi

Iredalea macleayi
Apertural view of a shell of Iredalea macleayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Iredalea
Species: I. macleayi
Binomial name
Iredalea macleayi
(Brazier, 1876) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathurella macleayi Brazier, 1876 (basionym)
  • Defrancia macleayi (Brazier, 1876)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off Queensland, Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2011.


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