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Astyris hypodra (Dall, 1916)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Columbellidae - Dove Shells »  genus Astyris

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Astyris hypodra

Author: Dall, W.H.

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Description

Shell small, elongated, acutely conic, light rufous-brown or sienna-yellow under a thin brownish or greenish epidermis; with whitish median and sutural bands more or less interrupted; in some specimens these bands are connected by waved lines of a darker brown; surface of shell when free from epidermis, smooth and shining, marked with delicate incremental lines, and on the lower portion of the body whorl with narrow grooves; apex rounded, whorls seven, convex; suture well-defined, aperture ovate, about one-third the length of the shell; outer lip simple, in some specimens a little thickened with small tubercles on the inner side. Long., .3; lat., .12 in. (R. E. C. Stearns.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Type locality, San Diego, California.
RANGE. Puget Sound to Puerto Libertad, West Mexico.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
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 Astyris hypodra Dall, 1916]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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