title: Haedropleura continua
text: # Haedropleura continua
  
  Haedropleura continua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the fusiform shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.75 mm. It contains 10½ whorls, of which 1½ in the protoconch.
  
  This species is conspicuous for its exactly continuous longitudinal ribs, those of whorl succeeding whorl descending in a perfectly straight line to the base. These whorls are slightly once-angled beyond the centre. The whole surface is white, with a slight ochreous tinge, and smooth
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occurs in the Persian Gulf.
  
  