Psittacodrillia diversa

Psittacodrillia diversa
	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; (E.A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms
	Crassispira diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882); Drillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882); Drillia sowerbyi (non Turton, 1932); Barnard, 1959; Pleurotoma (Clionella) diversa G.B. Sowerby III, 1892; Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E.A. Smith, 1882;

Psittacodrillia diversa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Jeffrey's Bay - East Cape, South Africa

References

1 2 Psittacodrillia diversa (E.A. Smith, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 July 2012.
↑ Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218

Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 117
R.N. Kilburn (1988), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae; Ann. Natal Mus. Vol. 29(1) pp. 167–320
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.page(s): 152

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
"Psittacodrillia diversa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Psittacodrillia diversa (E.A. Smith, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 July 2012.

[2] Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218

Psittacodrillia diversa

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* (E.A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms
Crassispira diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) Drillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) Drillia sowerbyi (non Turton, 1932); Barnard, 1959 Pleurotoma (Clionella) diversa G.B. Sowerby III, 1892 Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E.A. Smith, 1882