Psittacodrillia diversa
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| image_caption = Shell of Psittacodrillia diversa (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
| authority =(Smith E. A., 1882)
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- Crassispira diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882)
- Drillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882)
- Drillia sowerbyi (non Turton, 1932); Barnard, 1959
- Pleurotoma (Clionella) diversa G.B. Sowerby III, 1892
- Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa Smith E. A., 1882
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Psittacodrillia diversa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.{{WRMS species|434813|Psittacodrillia diversa (Smith E. A., 1882)||8 July 2012}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
The biconic-claviform shell has about two whorls in the protoconch and five weakly convex whorls in the teleoconch. The shell shows 10 to 12 axial ribs on the early whorls and 9 to 11 on the penultimate whorl. The ribs only occupy the lower two-thirds of the whorl, the remainder being simple. The spiral striation is fine; that towards the base of the body whorl is a trifle coarser. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is wide. The columella is slightly convex and has a moderately thick callus. The shell is orange-red with darker red spots in the intervals on the whorls.[https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof5101882lond Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Jeffrey's Bay - East Cape, South Africa
References
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- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 117
- R.N. Kilburn (1988), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae; Ann. Natal Mus. Vol. 29(1) pp. 167–320
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.page(s): 152
External links
- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=18527|title=Psittacodrillia diversa|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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