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species

Scissurella mantelli Woodward, 1859

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Lepetellida »  family Scissurellidae »  genus Scissurella

Scientific synonyms

Anatoma mantelli Woodward, 1859

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Scissurella mantelli

Author: Suter, H.

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Description

Shell small, turbinate. Spiral sculpture formed by a strong double keel at the periphery, enclosing the anal fasciole ; above and below it numerous close spiral striae, more distinct on the base; there are distant elevated radiating riblets, crossing the fasciole. and decussating the whole surface. Spire depressed, tabulated. Aperture oblique. Columella concave, slightly callous. Anal slit on the outer lip deep and narrow.
Type in the British Museum.
Hab.—Found among ironsand from New Zealand (W. Mantell).
Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca.
Author: Jan Delsing

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