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Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Cochliopidae »  genus Texadina

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Texadina sphinctostoma

Author: Tunnell et al.

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Description

Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott and Ladd, 1951) Narrowmouth Hydrobe
Distribution: Mississippi to Texas to Quintana Roo. Size: 3 mm
Description: Color translucent grayish-white; shape elongate-conic to fusiform; sculpture smooth with microscopic, irregular axial growth lines; with 5 to 7 convex whorls; moderately impressed suture with a darker band just below the suture; nuclear whorls almost indistinguishable from teleoconch; body whorl globose at center and tapering anteriorly; aperture oval to round, askew, and constricted; anomphalous; operculum size and shape of aperture smooth, translucent, and paucispiral. Habitat: Soft mud in shallow, low-salinity bays at depths from 0 to 4 m (13 ft). Remarks: Lives in association with Rangia cuneata (Gray, 1831). Most commonly seen hydrobiid on the Texas coast. See Ode (1969a, 1987b); Andrews (1977).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing

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EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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