Agladrillia pudica

Agladrillia pudica
Apertural view of a shell of Agladrillia pudica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Agladrillia
Species:	A. pudica
Binomial name
Agladrillia pudica (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula pudica Hinds, 1843 Drillia pudica Hinds, 1843

Agladrillia pudica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 20 mm. The whorls are shortly and obliquely ribbed. The ribs are obsolete on the back of the last whorl, depressed below the sutures. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with a deep reddish chestnut spot on the back of the body whorl. The siphonal canal is rather long compared to the other species in this genus.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Central America and Ecuador.

References

1. Agladrillia pudica (Hinds, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2011.
2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 189; 1884 (described as Drillia pudica)

External links

• Gastropods.com: Agladrillia pudica; accessed : 5 September 2011
• Hinds R.B. (1844–1845) The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. “Sulphur”, Uunder the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S., etc., during the years 1836–42. Vol. II, Mollusca. Smith, Elder and Co., London, v + 72 pp., 21 pls