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Clathrodrillia dolana Dall, 1927

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Drilliidae »  genus Clathrodrillia

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Description

Shell small, whitish, with a smooth nucleus of a whorl and a half, and five subsequent moderately rounded whorls; suture distinct, hardly appressed, the anal fasciole nearly smooth, hardly concave; axial sculpture of (on the last whorl about 16, exclusive of the varix) narrow, small, very flexuous ribs, sometimes a little angular in front of the fasciole, with equal or narrower interspaces obsolete on the base; spiral sculpture of (between the sutures 3) fine conspicuous threads with wider interspaces, overriding the ribs; on the base and canal about 10 more diminishing forward; aperture little wider than the canal; anal sulcus shallow, rounded, outer lip thin, not inflected, protractively flexuous; pillar short, attenuated in front; canal short> wide. Length, 6.5; diameter, 2.5 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 107934.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.

Distribution

USA. Florida. Numerous specimens from off Fernandina.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.
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 Clathrodrillia dolana Dall, 1927]
Data retrieved on: 2 May 2017

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