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species

Sthenorytis dianae (Hinds, 1844)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Epitoniidae - Wentletraps »  genus Sthenorytis

Scientific synonyms

Epitonium dianae R. B. Hinds, 1844

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Sthenorytis dianae

Author: Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M.

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, South America: Colombia, Ecuador

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

As Epitonium (Sthenorytis) paradisi:
Shell turbinate, pure white; nuclear whorls and first 2 postnuclear whorls lost; remaining whorls 6, rapidly enlarging, well rounded, sutures deep; axial sculpture of varicose ribs, erect on the upper whorls, somewhat reflected on the lower whorls, expanded to form coronating points on the shoulder, depressed in the suture and confluent near the aperture, with axial Striations on the faces; of these ribs there are 6 on the upper whorls and 10 on the last whorl, in general continuous up the spire about which they make nearly a full turn, the increasing number of ribs occurring as occasional splits in the sutures; aperture round, with a broad face except for a short distance along the body of the whorl; at the lower end of the columella the lip is somewhat depressed and expanded but not forming a basal disk. The type measures: length, 35 mm.; maximum diameter, including varicose ribs, 26.5 mm., not including ribs. 18 mm.
Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M., 1951; Mollusks from the W. Coast of Mexico & Central America. Part 10

Distribution

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 Sthenorytis dianae (Hinds, 1844)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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