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species

Zebina preposterum (S.S. Berry, 1958)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Zebinidae »  genus Zebina

Scientific synonyms

Rissoina preposterum Berry, 1958

Taxon in country check-lists*

Pacific Ocean, North America: Mexico

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Description

Shell minute, fewwhorled, asymmetrically pyramidal, flattened dorsoventrally, spire bent to right. First whorl, after the (lost) nucleus, bulbous, sculptured with about 20 low axial costae; subsequent whorls weakly convex, sculptureless except for a microscopic subretiform surface granulation; suture distinct, filled in with an oppressed band of semitranslucent material through which a secondary false suture is visible. Aperture large, pyriform, slightly effuse or subcanaliculate below; outer lip thick, simple; inner lip narrowly and thickly calloused, completing the peritreme. Color white. Alt. of holotype 3.14, max. diam. 1.50, dorseventral diam. 0.98, alt. aperture 1.31 mm. Type Locality: Reef at west end of Puerto Penasco bight, Sonora,, Mexico; S. S. Berry, 12 May 1952.
Berry, S.S. Leaflets in Malacology.
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 Rissoina preposterum Berry, 1958]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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