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Tritonoharpa lanceolata (K.T. Menke, 1828)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Cancellariidae »  genus Tritonoharpa

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Tritonoharpa lanceolata

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Tritonoharpa lanceolata

Author: Jan Delsing

Tritonoharpa lanceolata

Author: Tunnell et al.

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Description

Tritonoharpa lanceolata (Menke, 1828) Arrow Dwarf Triton
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, Texas; Caribbean to Brazil. Size: 38 mm.
Description: Color cream with patches of orangish-brown on fresh specimens, dull yellowish-white on old specimens; shape elongate-fusiform; sculpture of spiral and axial ribs giving cancellate appearance; at least 1 varix on primary whorls extends over the suture; nuclear whorls smooth and somewhat flat; aperture ovate with outer apertural lip finely dentate on inner side; columella straight, bordered by white collar, sharply angled at parietal wall, and recurved at siphonal canal.
Habitat: Calcareous environments at depths from 0 to 178 m (585 ft).
Remarks: This species was collected at a shale uplift located northeast of the FGB. See
Ode (1986b); Redfern (2001).
Synonym: Colubraria lanceolata (Menke, 1828).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
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 Tritonoharpa lanceolata (Menke, 1828)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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