Psittacodrillia diversa
Species of gastropod
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Psittacodrillia diversa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Psittacodrillia diversa | |
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| Shell of Psittacodrillia diversa (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Psittacodrillia |
| Species: | P. diversa |
| Binomial name | |
| Psittacodrillia diversa (Smith E. A., 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
The biconic-claviform shell has about two whorls in the protoconch and five weakly convex whorls in the teleoconch. The shell shows 10 to 12 axial ribs on the early whorls and 9 to 11 on the penultimate whorl. The ribs only occupy the lower two-thirds of the whorl, the remainder being simple. The spiral striation is fine; that towards the base of the body whorl is a trifle coarser. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is wide. The columella is slightly convex and has a moderately thick callus. The shell is orange-red with darker red spots in the intervals on the whorls.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Jeffrey's Bay - East Cape, South Africa