Wairarapa duplaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Wairarapa duplaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Wairarapa |
| Species: | W. duplaris
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| Wairarapa duplaris (Hedley, 1922)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The small, solid shell has a lanceolate shape. Its colour is dull cream, with a faint dorsal zone of brown. It contains 8 whorls, including a two-whorled protoconch. The radial sculpture is smooth and consists of round-backed perpendicular ribs truncated by a smooth and constricted fasciole, amounting to eleven on the penultimate whorl. On the earlier part of the body whorl these ribs are smaller and closer together than previously. Half a whorl behind the aperture is a rough varix, beyond which the ribs cease. The spiral sculpture on the base shows about a dozen fine grooves. Between the suture and the fasciole is a spiral ridge which tends to break up into beads opposite the ribs. The aperture is narrow. The sinus is C-shaped. A thick callus knob occurs at the right insertion.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Wairarapa duplaris. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435220 on 2016-12-16
- ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
- Wells, F.E. 1990. Revision of the recent Australian Turridae referred to the genera Splendrillia and Austrodrillia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 73–117
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.