Psittacodrillia bairstowi

Psittacodrillia bairstowi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Psittacodrillia bairstowi
Shell of Psittacodrillia bairstowi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Psittacodrillia
Species:
P. bairstowi
Binomial name
Psittacodrillia bairstowi
(Sowerby III, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clionella bairstowi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886)
  • Crassispira bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1886)
  • Drillia bairstowi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886)
  • Marginella bairstowi (E. A. Smith, 1882)
  • Pleurotoma bairstowi Sowerby III, 1886
  • Pleurotoma (Clionella) bairstowi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm.

The characters of the shell resemble those of Psittacodrillia albonodulosa (Smith E. A., 1904), but the fifth whorl has 11 axial ribs. Its color is white with dark reddish streaks between the ribs. The apex is pailliform. The shell shows spiral threads overall.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay – North Transkei. South Africa

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References

  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Psittacodrillia bairstowi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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