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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 84031
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Created: 2016-06-04 19:25:40 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Shell thin, very elevated, tapering to an acute apex, which stands vertically above the posterior margin; slit about one fifth of the length of the anterior convex slope, its fasciole narrow and inconspicuous; posterior slope beneath the curved apex, nearly vertical; color of the shell pale brownish; axial sculpture of about 16 major threads with from 3 to 7 (often alternated) smaller threads between them, closely reticulated by rather uniform small concentric threads: the sculpture is rounded rather than sharp or laminate; base ovate; height, 18; anteroposterior diameter, 17; transverse diameter, 12 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 110781.
Source: Dall, W.H. 1925 - Illustrations of unfigured types of shells in the collection of the United States National Museum.