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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 84172
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2016-07-01 08:24:54 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Testa oblonga, delicata, candida, paullum nitente ; anfractibus probabiliter 7-8, apicalibus caeteris gradatulis, ad sutaras impressis, omnino arctissime et pulcherrime sub lente cancellatis, striis spiralibus ultimum ad anfractum circa 15; apertura ovata, albescente ; peristomate percrasso, nitido. Long. 4 mm, Lat. 1,5 mm.
A beautiful little Stosicia, mainly distinguished by its most delicate cancellations, its pure white surface, and its roundly-thickened, but translucent white peristome.
Source: Melvill & Standen, 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Part I, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda.