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Iredalea thalycra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Iredalea thalycra

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.

A small brightly banded shell. Its colour is white, banded with ochre. The shell contains 7 gradate whorls, longitudinally stoutly ribbed. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is slightly thickened. The columella is ochre-tinged plain.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands

References

Iredalea thalycra Wikipedia