Iredalea thalycra

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon =Iredalea thalycra

| image = Iredalea thalycra 001.jpg

| image_caption = Original image of a shell of Iredalea thalycra

| authority = (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1897, "1896")

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| synonyms = Mangilia thalycra Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1897, "1896" (original combination)

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Iredalea thalycra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[https://archive.org/details/catalogueofhadfi23melv Melvill & Standen (1897), Catalogue of the Hadfield collection of shells from the Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands Parts ii & III]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.

A small brightly banded shell. Its colour is white, banded with ochre. The shell contains 7 gradate whorls, longitudinally stoutly ribbed. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is slightly thickened. The columella is ochre-tinged plain.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands

References

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  • [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295]