Psittacodrillia bairstowi

Psittacodrillia bairstowi
	Shell of Psittacodrillia bairstowi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Psittacodrillia
Species:	P. bairstowi
Binomial name
	Psittacodrillia bairstowi; (Sowerby III, 1886)
Synonyms
	Clionella bairstowi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886); Crassispira bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1886); Drillia bairstowi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886); Marginella bairstowi (E. A. Smith, 1882); Pleurotoma bairstowi Sowerby III, 1886; Pleurotoma (Clionella) bairstowi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886);

Psittacodrillia bairstowi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

Description

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay - North Transkei. South Africa

References

^ ^a ^b Psittacodrillia bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 July 2012.

Sowerby, G. B III. 1886. Marine shells of South Africa, collected at Port Elizabeth, with descriptions of some species. J. Conch. Lond. 5: 1-13.
P. Bartsch (1915), Report on the Turton collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum; Bulletin of the United States National Museum v. 91 (1915)
Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee Exped. 'Valdivia' 17: 37-382.
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 117
Kilburn R.N. (1988), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae; Ann. Natal Mus. Vol. 29(1) Pages 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

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[WoRMS-1] Psittacodrillia bairstowi (Sowerby III, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 July 2012.

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