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Paradrillia patruelis (E. A. Smith 1875)

Paradrillia patruelis

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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

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

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Paradrillia patruelis: Brief Summary

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

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