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Talassia sandersoni (A. E. Verrill, 1884)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Vanikoridae »  genus Talassia

Scientific synonyms

Alvania sandersoni Verrill, 1884

Images

Talassia sandersoni

Author: Tunnell et al.

Talassia sandersoni

Author: Warén, A. & Bouchet, P.

Talassia sandersoni

Author: Hoffman L. & Freiwald A.

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Description

Talassia sandersoni (Verrill, 1884) Sanderson's Cingula
Distribution: North Carolina; Texas. Size: 2 to 3 mm
Description: Color white; shape elongate-conic; sculpture smooth with faint, obscure axial threads; whorls rounded with distinct incised sutures separating whorls; aperture ovate, somewhat pointed at upper outer end; outer lip thin; body whorl delineated from aperture. Habitat: Sandy caliche on nearshore banks.
Remarks: Specimens were collected at Seven and One-half Fathom Reef. See Tunnell and Chaney (1970); Waren and Boucher (1988). Synonym: Cingula sandersoni Verrill, 1884.
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 Talassia sandersoni (Verrill, 1884)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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