Paradrillia fugata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids.[1]
| Paradrillia fugata | |
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| Original image of a shell of Paradrillia fugata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Paradrillia |
| Species: | P. fugata
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| Binomial name | |
| Paradrillia fugata (E.A. Smith, 1895)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia fugata E. A. Smith, 1895 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 45 mm, its diameter 14 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off East India, in the Andaman Sea and off Sri Lanka at bathyal depths (1271 m – 2569 m).
References
edit- ^ a b Sartori, André F. (2015). Paradrillia fugata (E.A. Smith, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766731 on 2017-02-14
- Smith, E.A., 1895. Natural History Notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator', Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N.- Series 2. No. 19. Report upon some Mollusca dredged in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea during the season 1893–94.. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 16:1–19, plates 1, 2
- Subba Rao, N.V. (2003) Indian Seashells (Part 1) Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper, 192, x + 416 pp., 96 pls. NIZT 682
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