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Circulus liricincta (Garrett, 1873)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Tornidae »  genus Circulus

Scientific synonyms

Circulus liricinctus (Garrett, 1873)

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Circulus liricincta

Author: Garrett, A.

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Description

Shell small, depressed orbicular, shining, hyaline, white, spire but little elevated; whorls 4, convex, regularly and rapidly increasing, last one large, rounded, girdled with 9-11 ridges, which are most crowded beneath and remote above; suture linear; umbilicus large, deep, perspective, freely showing the whorls, spirally ridged a little more than a third the greatest diameter of the shell; aperture circular, diagonal; peristome nearly continuous.
Diam. Greatest 1,5 mm , height 0,66 mill.
Garrett, A., 1873. Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands.
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 Circulus liricincta (Garrett, 1873)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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