Iredalea pygmaea
Species of gastropod
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Iredalea pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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| Iredalea pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Iredalea |
| Species: | I. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Iredalea pygmaea (Dunker, 1860) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
The light-brown shell is longitudinally plicate. The plicae are evanescent towards the base of the body whorl.[2]
