Paradrillia fugata (E. A. Smith 1895)

Paradrillia fugata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm, its diameter 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East India, in the Andaman Sea and off Sri Lanka at bathyal depths (1271 m – 2569 m).

References

• Smith, E.A., 1895. Natural History Notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator' , Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N.- Series 2. No. 19. Report upon some Mollusca dredged in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea during the season 1893–94.. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 16:1–19, plates 1, 2
• Subba Rao, N.V. (2003) Indian Seashells (Part 1) Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper, 192, x + 416 pp., 96 pls. NIZT 682