Description
Author: Jan Delsing
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Shell size small for genus, adult size up to 5.0 mm; fusiform, slightly bulbous. Suture weakly incised, protoconch paucispiral, 1.5 smooth whorls. Teleoconch consisting of ca. 3.5 whorls. Axial and spiral sculpture absent. Oute lip slightly thickened, with small rim, smooth. Inner lip smooth. Columellar callus weak. Parietal callus weak. Columel smooth. Siphonal canal short, open, straight. Teleoconch whorls off-white in colour, semi-translucent. Protoconch off- white, semi-translucent. Aperture and columella off-white. Holotype height 4.9 mm.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
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Created: 2019-12-30 19:26:33 - User Delsing Jan
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This species is very close to Mitrella expolita, but differs in the thinner and more bulbous shell.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
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New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.