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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Iredalea (Genus)
> subtropicalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brephodrillia Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932
Images: Iredalea subtropicalis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Iredalea (Genus)
> subtropicalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brephodrillia Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932
Details: Iredalea subtropicalis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands. Also Australia, Queensland, Easter Island, from 12-42m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.228)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.538) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil