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Pedipes unisulcatus Cooper, 1866

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Pulmonata - pulmonates »  family Ellobiidae »  genus Pedipes

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Pedipes unisulcatus

Author: Rehder, H.A.

Pedipes unisulcatus

Author: Oldroyd, I.S.

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Description

Shell like a Lacuna, obliquely ovate, the lateral outline subrhomboid, translucent, amber-brown, the spire produced, apex obtuse, whorls 4,5, the third swollen, with four shallow grooves, the posterior one only much impressed, but vanishing on the last whorl; body with irregular lines of growth, undulating across the groove; numerous scattered impressed points; aperture ovate, the outer lip acute, purplish, with a double callus, within slightly tuberculate at the middle; columellar lip white, callus expanded in the plane of the aperture; its inner margin subvertical, with two subacute teeth, the upper largest; a thin callus expanded over the inner wall, and crossing half the width of the aperture; intervals between the teeth and walls equal. Long., 0.32 inch; lat, 0.22 inch. (equals long., 8; lat, 5 mm.). (Cooper.)
Source: Oldroyd, I.S. 1927 . The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume IIa

Distribution

San Pedro, California, to Gulf of California.
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 Pedipes unisulcatus Cooper, 1867]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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