Psittacodrillia bairstowi | |
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Shell of Psittacodrillia bairstowi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Psittacodrillia |
Species: | P. bairstowi
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Binomial name | |
Psittacodrillia bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1886)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Psittacodrillia bairstowi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. [1]
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.
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This marine species occurs off False Bay – North Transkei. South Africa
Psittacodrillia bairstowi | |
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Shell of Psittacodrillia bairstowi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Psittacodrillia |
Species: | P. bairstowi
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Binomial name | |
Psittacodrillia bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1886)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Psittacodrillia bairstowi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. [1]
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.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (February 2017) |
This marine species occurs off False Bay – North Transkei. South Africa