Darrylia kleinrosa
species of mollusc
Darrylia kleinrosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.
According to Garcia (2008), this species belongs in Darrylia and not in Miraclathurella (as proposed by DeJong & Coomans, 1988).
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm (0.33 in).
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.
References
Nowell-Usticke, G. W. "A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated)." To be added to the check list of the marine shells of St. Croix. Published privately 6 (1969).
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
"Miraclathurella kleinrosa".
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