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Thala angiostoma Pease, 1868

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Costellariidae »  genus Thala

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Thala angiostoma

Author: Rosenberg & Salisbury

Thala angiostoma

Author: Pease

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: Hawaii, Oceania: French Polynesia

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Testa elongata, attenuata ; anfractibus plano-convexis, granulatis ; labro dentato; apertura angusta, columella quinqueplicata ; canali elongato, recurvo; alba.

Shell elongate, slenderly fusiform, attenuated at both ends, whole surface evenly granulated ; whorls flatly convex ; outer lip dentate its whole length ; columella five-plaited ; aperture very narrow; canal long and recurved; wholly white. Dimensions: Long. 12 mm, diam. 3,5 mm.

The sculpture of this species resembles T. recurva, Reeve.; its shape is similar to that of T. mirifica, Reeve.
Pease, W.H., 1868. Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia.
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 Thala angiostoma Pease, 1868]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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