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Emarginula convexa Hedley, 1907

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Lepetellida »  family Fissurellidae - Keyhole Limpets »  genus Emarginula

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Emarginula convexa

Author: Hedley, C.

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Description

Shell small, solid, with a slight spiral twist, high arched, with a narrow inrolled depressed apex which projects beyond the base. Posterior wall concave. Aperture regularly oval, its edge frilled. Sinus a long cleft; fasciole continued to the apex as a broad furrow enclosed between narrow elevated walls and latticed by spaced bars. Colour pale green and gray in indistinct concentric zones. Sculpture : about 50 close-set radial ridges, alternately larger and smaller, bear crowded beads largest at their termination and diminishing upwards. Across the narrow interstices concentric threads join bead to bead. When worn the concentric sculpture becomes more prominent. Height 1,75 mm.; length 3,1 mm.; breadth 1,95 mm.
Source: Hedley 1907.The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Part 2.

Distribution

Australia. Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland.
Author: Jan Delsing

Similar species

Emarginula natalensis K.H. Barnard, 1963

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [258bf6f6-cbc9-4907-9512-64a9531ed436]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Emarginula convexa Hedley, 1907]
Data retrieved on: 15 February 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Emarginula convexa Hedley, 1907]
Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015

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