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Bactrocythara cryera (W.H. Dall, 1927)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mangeliidae »  genus Bactrocythara

Scientific synonyms

Mangelia cryera W. H. Dall, 1927

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Description

Shell much resembling M. crossata, but thinner, more glassy, averaging smaller, with no coronation at the suture, and with a faint pervasive spiral striation. Length, 5; diameter, 2.1 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 107960.
Numerous both off Fernandina and Georgia.
This species, like most of these deep water gastropods varies in the strength of its sculpture, and a few specimens have the shoulder angle obsolete or completely rounded off.
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Source: 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. (Original description)
Author: Jan Delsing

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