Iredalea
Encyclopedia
Iredalea is a small genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Drilliidae
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This genus was named in 1915 by Walter Oliver
after Tom Iredale
(1880–1972), an English-born naturalist who lived mainly in Australia.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Drilliidae
Drilliidae
Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...
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This genus was named in 1915 by Walter Oliver
Walter Oliver
Walter Reginald Brook Oliver was an Australian-born New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, malacologist and museum curator.Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Oliver emigrated with his family to Tauranga in 1896...
after Tom Iredale
Tom Iredale
Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
(1880–1972), an English-born naturalist who lived mainly in Australia.
Species
Species within the genus Iredalea include:- Iredalea inclinataIredalea inclinataIredalea inclinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 16 mm and 25 mm.-Distribution:...
(Sowerby III, 1893) - Iredalea macleayiIredalea macleayiIredalea macleayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone off Queensland, Australia and New Guinea.-References:...
(Brazier, 1876) - Iredalea subtropicalisIredalea subtropicalisIredalea subtropicalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 4.5 mm and 6 mm.-Distribution:...
Oliver, 1915