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Author: Jan Delsing
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As Volvulella moerchi Dall, 1927
Shell small, white, smooth, subcylindric, attenuated at both ends, involved, the aperture as long as the shell; apex hardly pointed, aperture very narrow except in front; outer lip thin, straight, rounding in front evenly into the short twisted pillar which is hardly thickened and has a narrow furrow behind it. Height, 3.5; diameter, 1.25 mm. Cat. No. 108268, U. S. N. M.
Off Georgia, one specimen.
The shell is nearest V. persimilis Morch, but is smaller and not spirally striated.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.