Psittacodrillia diversa

Psittacodrillia diversa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

Psittacodrillia diversa
Shell of Psittacodrillia diversa (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Psittacodrillia
Species:	P. diversa
Binomial name
Psittacodrillia diversa (Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms[1]
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 Smith E. A., 1882

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.^[2]

Distribution

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