Inodrillia dalli

Inodrillia dalli
	Shell and protoconch of Inodrillia dalli (holotype of Drillia dalli var. cestrota at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Inodrillia
Species:	I. dalli
Binomial name
	Inodrillia dalli; (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
Synonyms
	Drillia dalli (Verrill & Smith, 1882); Drillia dalli var. cestrota W.H. Dall, 1889; Inodrillia cestrota (Dall, 1889); Mangelia dalli A.E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882; Pleurotoma (Drillia) dalli Verrill & Smith, 1882;

Inodrillia dalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included within the family Drilliidae and then in Turridae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 27 mm.

This species, recognizable by its large blunt tip and brownish livid streaks or tint, is notably variable. The ribs much stronger than in the typical form, and closer set ; they even undulate the fasciole a little.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from New Jersey to Florida, US.

References

Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., V. p. 451, pl. 57

External links

[WoRMS-1] Inodrillia dalli (Verrill & Smith, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

[2] Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40

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