Wairarapa duplaris

Species of gastropod

Wairarapa duplaris

Original image of a shell of Wairarapa duplaris
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Drilliidae
Genus:  | Wairarapa
Species:  |

W. duplaris

Binomial name
Wairarapa duplaris

(Hedley, 1922)

Synonyms[1]

* Crassispira (Crassispira) duplaris (Hedley, 1922)
* Melatoma duplaris Hedley, 1922 (original combination)

Wairarapa duplaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

## Description[edit]

The 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[edit]

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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
2. ^ 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.

## External links[edit]

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Taxon identifiers

Wairarapa duplaris|

* Wikidata: Q10392886
* AFD: Wairarapa_duplaris
* CoL: 5BTJ7
* GBIF: 6511593
* IRMNG: 11889295
* Open Tree of Life: 2913361
* WoRMS: 435220