Imaclava unimaculata, common name the brown-spot turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

Imaclava unimaculata
Apertural view of a shell of Imaclava unimaculata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Imaclava
Species:
I. unimaculata
Binomial name
Imaclava unimaculata
(Sowerby I, 1834) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathrodrillia unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Clathrodrillia (Imaclava) unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Clavus unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Clavus (Imaclava) unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Drillia (Brachystoma) unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Drillia (Crassispira) unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Drillia (Imaclava) unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Pleurotoma unimaculata Sowerby I, 1834 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834)

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 47 mm. The shell lacks a sutural band or spiral striae. The knobs on the periphery are rather short, instead of terminating ribs as in Clathrodrillia gibbosa (Born, 1778). The shell is yellowish brown, spotted with chestnut, and with one large spot on the back of the body whorl.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from Sonora, Mexico to Colombia.

References

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  1. ^ Sowerby, G.B., I. (1834) Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833, 134–139.
  2. ^ a b Imaclava unimaculata (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 October 2011.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 180; 1884 (described as Drillia unimacalata)
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  • "Imaclava unimaculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.