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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 95853
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Created: 2019-10-05 20:29:09 - User Delsing Jan
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Shell small, elongate-biconic, strongly shouldered; apex incomplete on all three specimens but whorls of spire probably about seven; below the suture a wide, smooth, slightly concave anal fasciole is marked by close-set growth lines convex posteriorly; below the fasciole the whorls are shouldered by moderately strong elongate nodes that are directed anteriorly; about 18 nodes on the penultimate whorl, becoming obscure on the body whorl. Close-set, low, rounded spiral riblets are present over the entire shell. Aperture lenticular, extended into a moderately long anterior canal that is slightly recurved; outer lip thin and deeply indented at the suture; inner lip smooth and callused. Measurements of the holotype, USNM 703269:- height (incomplete) 14.9 mm, diameter 7.5 mm; paratype, USNM 703270 height (incomplete) 17.6 mm, diameter 6.6 mm.
Rehder H. A. & Ladd H. S. (1973) Deep and shallow-water mollusks from the Central Pacific.