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Conasprella coriolisi (Röckel, Richard & Moolenbeek, 1995)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Conidae »  genus Conasprella »  subgenus Fusiconus

Scientific synonyms

Conus coriolisi Röckel, Richard & Moolenbeek, 1995

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Conasprella coriolisi

Author: Jan Delsing

Conasprella coriolisi

Author: Röckel, D., Richard, G. & Moolenbeek, R.G.

Conasprella coriolisi

Author: Poppe, G.T.

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Description

Holotype length 44.6 mm. width 15.0 mm; shell thin. Last whorl narrowly conical. RD 0.46, outline slightly convex below shoulder tapering toward the base. Spire high (Relative spire height 0.27), outline concave. Protoconch of 3 or more smooth and glossy whorls. Teleoconch of 9,5 tuberculate whorls. Teleoconch sutural ramps slightly concave with 1 increasing to 5-7 spiral grooves, crossed by axial threads. Last whorl with spiral grooves containing axial riblets; grooves becoming obsolete in adapical third. Aperture narrow, outer lip thin. Colour of protoconch transparent white, spire white with a few irregular brown blotches. Last whorl with 3 spiral bands or irregular brown blotches. Aperture white.
Röckel, D., Richard, G. & Moolenbeek, R.G., 1995. Deep-water Cones (Gastropoda: Conidae) from the New Caledonian Region.
Author: Jan Delsing

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