Iwaoa reticulata

Iwaoa reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Iwaoa reticulata
Shell of Iwaoa reticulata (specimen at MNHN, paris]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Iwaoa
Species:	I. reticulata
Binomial name
Iwaoa reticulata T. Kuroda, 1953
Synonyms[1]
Paradrillia reticulata Kuroda, 1953

It was previously included within the family Clavatulidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the East China Sea and Suruga Bay to Tosa Bay, Japan, at a depth between 200 m and 300 m; also in the Bismarck Sea.