Iredalea exilis

Iredalea exilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Iredalea exilis
Image of a shell of Iredalea exilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Iredalea
Species:	I. exilis
Binomial name
Iredalea exilis (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Clavus exilis (Pease, 1868) · Drillia exilis Pease, 1867 Pseudodaphnella exilis Pease 1860

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

The whorls are nearly plane and longitudinally plicately ribbed. The ribs are small and close, descending from the sutures. The aperture is very short. The siphonal canal is short and open. The shell is reddish chestnut, the ribs whitish, with a dark band below the middle of the body whorl.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific Ocean off Tahiti.