Iwaoa reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
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| Shell of Iwaoa reticulata (specimen at MNHN, paris] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Iwaoa |
| Species: | I. reticulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Iwaoa reticulata T. Kuroda, 1953
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Paradrillia reticulata Kuroda, 1953 | |
It was previously included within the family Clavatulidae.[1]
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 22.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis 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.
References
edit- ^ a b Iwaoa reticulata Kuroda, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Powell, A.W.B. (1969). The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. . Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 : 215–415, pls 188–324
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