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Setia miae Verduin, 1988

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Rissoidae »  genus Setia

Scientific synonyms

Cingula miae Verduin, 1988

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Setia miae

Author: Verduin, A.

Setia miae

Author: Verduin, A.

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Description

— (1) Length up to about 1.7 mm.
— (2) The shells are very transparent and glossy, with a light yellowish or brownish hue, and decorated with numerous spiral rows of darker spots. The upper whorls are of the same colour and transparency as the lower ones, but there is a darker, brownish spot at the apex.
— (3) Ornamental sculpture is completely absent.
— (4) The shells are very fragile. There is no labial rib, nor does the aperture show any other peculiarities.
— (5) Large shells have about 4.4 whorls.
— (6) There is an umbilical chink, which often is very weak.
— (7) The dimensions of the apex are about d = 0.10-0.12 mm and D = 0.17-0.20 mm.
—(8) Seen from aside in position 1, the nucleus is little prominent, and circumscribed by a shallow suture. Seen from aside in position 2, the nucleus and first ¼ whorl form a medium prominent segment of a sphere, circumscribed by a medium deep suture.
— (9) At a magnification of 40 x , no ornamental sculpture is to be seen on the protoconch (fig. 31c).
Verduin, A., 1985. On the taxonomy of some Rissoan species from Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands (Gastropoda Prosobranchia)

Distribution

As yet only known from the Canary Islands.
Verduin, A., 1985. On the taxonomy of some Rissoan species from Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands (Gastropoda Prosobranchia)
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 Setia miae Verduin, 1988]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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