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Pisulina adamsiana G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Neritiliidae »  genus Pisulina

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Pisulina adamsiana

Author: Chen Lee Wu

Pisulina adamsiana

Author: Thiele, J.

Pisulina adamsiana

Author: Habe, T.

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Description

This is the small, white, smooth and polished globular shell with a low spire. The aperture is wide and semilunate and deposits a thick callus on the inner margin forming a large and broad tooth. Height 4.5 mm. and breadth 5.5 mm. (figured specimen) Height 3.5 mm., and breadth 3.8 mm. Locality: Ankyaba, Kakeromajima, an isle near Amami Oshima. Distribution: Ceylon.
Habe, T., 1963. Eight minute species from Amami Island far South of Kyushu including six new species
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Pisulina adamsiana Nevill, 1869]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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