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Rictaxis punctocaelatus vancouverensis I.M. Oldroyd, 1927

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Allogastropoda »  family Acteonidae »  genus Rictaxis »  species Rictaxis punctocaelatus

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Rictaxis punctocaelatus vancouverensis

Author: Oldroyd, I.S.

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Description

The shell is shorter and broader, and the spire is much lower than the typical species; sutures are not so distinct; color and sculpture much the same. So far as is known the typical species has not been reported from north of San Francisco, California. Length, 10; breadth, 6 mm.
Source: Oldroyd, I.S. 1927 . The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume IIa

Distribution

Type locality, Departure Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in 3 fathoms.
RANGE. Known only from type locality.
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 Rictaxis punctocaelatus vancouverensis Oldroyd, 1927]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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