Iredalea

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| taxon = Iredalea

| authority = Oliver, 1915

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| synonyms = Brephodrillia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

| type_species = Iredalea subtropicalis

| type_species_authority = Oliver, 1915

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Iredalea is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.{{WRMS species|225483|Iredalea Oliver, 1915||13 April 2010}}{{cite journal |author1=P. Bouchet |author2=Yu. I. Kantor |author3=A. Sysoev |author4=N. Puillandre |year=2011 |title=A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=273–308 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyr017|doi-access=free }}

This genus was named in 1915 by Walter Oliver after Tom Iredale (1880–1972), an English-born naturalist who lived mainly in Australia.[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_47/rsnz_47_00_008530.html Oliver, W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12]

Fossil species have been found in Pliocene strata of Italy and in Miocene strata of Indonesia; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97913 Fossilworks : Iredalea]D. Scarponi and G. Della Bella. 2003. Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana, Conoidea, Vol. 1 - Drilliidae e Turridae. Università di Bologna, Museo geologico Giovanni Capellini 1-89

Description

The narrow, solid and turreted shell has a fusiform shape. The protoconch consists of 4 whorls, with a sinusigera apex. The shell is axially sculptured by numerous slender and continuous riblets. The aperture measures about a third of the length of the shell. The short siphonal canal is wide. The anal sinus is deep and broad, separated from the body whorl by a callosity. A brown band on the periphery is a usual feature.[https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, Charles (1920), A revision of the Australian Turridae; Records of the Australian Museum, vol. XIII nr. 6, Sydney]

Species

Species within the genus Iredalea include:

Iredalea adenensis Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013[http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3710.3.5 Morrassi, Mauro & Antonio Bonfitto. (2013). "Four new African turriform gastropods." Zootaxa 3710 (3): 271-280]
Iredalea agatho (W.H. Dall, 1918)
Iredalea balteata (A.A. Gould, 1860)
Iredalea exilis (Pease, 1868)
Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893){{WRMS species|434098|Iredalea inclinata (Sowerby III, 1893)||13 April 2010}}
Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876){{WRMS species|434099|Iredalea macleayi (Brazier, 1876)||13 April 2010}}
Iredalea pupoidea (H. Adams, 1872)
Iredalea pygmaea (Dunker, 1860)
Iredalea subtropicalis Oliver, 1915{{WRMS species|434100|Iredalea subtropicalis Oliver, 1915||13 April 2010}}
Iredalea thalycra (J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896)
Iredalea theoteles (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

;Species brought into synonymy:

Iredalea acuminata (J.W. Mighels, 1848): synonym of Pyrgocythara mighelsi (Kay, 1979)
Iredalea ella (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932): synonym of Brephodrillia ella Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Iredalea (Brephodrillia) perfecta (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932): synonym of Brephodrillia perfectus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

References

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308

External links

[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_47/rsnz_47_00_008530.html Oliver W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=Iredalea#/names Biodiversity Library: Iredalea]

Category:Gastropod genera