Agladrillia macella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Agladrillia |
| Species: | A. macella
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| Binomial name | |
| Agladrillia macella (Melvill, 1923)
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Agladrillia macella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 17.2 mm, its diameter 5 mm. [3]
Distribution
[edit]The holotype has been found off South Africa. The given type locality is unlikely as the holotype does not resemble anything known from the South African littoral. The referral to Agladrillia is speculative.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Agladrillia macella (Melvill, 1923). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2011.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ Melvill, J.C. "On Turris (Surcula) macella nom. nov. for T. macilenta Melv., nom. praeocc". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15: 309. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Kilburn, R.N. (1988). "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae". Annals of the Natal Museum. 29 (1): 167–320.