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Liroceratia truncata (Garrett, 1873)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Iravadiidae »  genus Liroceratia

Scientific synonyms

Rissoa truncata Garrett, 1873

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Liroceratia truncata

Author: Garrett, A.

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Description

Shell small, oblong, thin, cylindrical, pellucid, shining, white ; spire moderately long, apex truncate ; whorls 5, convex, the three last of nearly equal width, with fine crowded raised revolving striae ; suture deeply impressed ; aperture roundly-ovate, vertical, little less than one-third the length of the shell; peristome thick, slightly expanded, margins united by a callosity ; columella arched.
Length 2 mm.
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 Liroceratia truncata (Garrett, 1873)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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