Paradrillia melvilli
| Paradrillia melvilli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Paradrillia |
| Species: | P. melvilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969 | |
Paradrillia melvilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm. Its shell is claviform(club-shaped) shell which has 18 or 19 cog like axial nodes per whorl of the shell on its blunt medial peripheral keel(ridge running along the edge of a spiral shell). It has a tall spire which is twice the height of its short anterior canal(groove or tube that protects the siphon).[2][3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs from the Persian Gulf to Northwest India.
References
- ↑ Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ↑ Parin, Jirapatrasilp; Gilles, Cuny; László, Kocsis; Chirasak, Sutcharit; Nom, Ngamnisai; Thasinee, Charoentitirat; Satapat, Kumpitak; Kantapon, Suraprasit (2024). "Paradrillia melvilli Powell 1969". Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.11200486. Archived from the original on 11 July 2025.
- ↑ "BioLib".
- Liu, J.Y. (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. pp. 1–1267.
External links
- Biolib.cz: image of a shell of Paradrillia melvilli
- "Paradrillia melvilli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.