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Paradrillia inconstans

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Paradrillia inconstans
Image of a shell of Paradrillia inconstans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Paradrillia
Species:
P. inconstans
Binomial name
Paradrillia inconstans
(Smith E. A., 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula asamusiensis Numura & Zinbo, 1940
  • Clavatula gaylordae Preston, H.B. 1905
  • Drillia inconstans (Smith E. A., 1875)
  • Paradrillia asamusiensis Nomura & Zinbo, 1940
  • Pleurotoma inconstans Smith E. A., 1875

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

Subspecies
  • Paradrillia inconstans prunulum (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901) (synonyms: Drillia prunulum Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901; Paradrillia gaylordae Preston, 1905)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan and Queensland, Australia

References

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  • Smith, E.A. 1875. A list of the Gasteropoda collected in Japanese seas by Commander H.C. St. John, R.N. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 15: 414–427
  • Preston, H.B. 1905. Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Ceylon. Journal of Malacology 12(1): 1–8
  • Habe, T. 1961. Coloured illustrations of shells of Japan. Osaka, Japan : Hoikusha 82 pp., 66 pls.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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  • "Paradrillia inconstans inconstans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.