Austrodrillia beraudiana
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| Austrodrillia beraudiana | |
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| Shell of Austrodrillia beraudiana (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: | Austrodrillia |
| Species: | A. beraudiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrodrillia beraudiana (Crosse, 1863) | |
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Austrodrillia beraudiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
It was previously categorized within the family Turridae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 17 mm. This is a stouter, shorter shell than Austrodrillia angasi, with fewer, more widely spaced ribs. Description by Des Beechey (2004): "Shell sculptured with solid axial ribs, restricted to lower two thirds of spire whorls, 7 or 8 per whorl, crossed by fine spiral threads. Axial ribs fading out on lower half of body whorl. Inner lip of aperture with callous pad at upper end in mature shells; outer lip with rounded V-shaped sinus with apex at centre of shoulder slope. Colour fawn, axial ribs cream."[2]