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Circulus texanus (D.R. Moore, 1965)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Tornidae »  genus Circulus

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Circulus texanus

Author: Tunnell et al.

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Description

Distribution: Texas.
Size: Diameter 1.72 mm; altitude 0.78 mm. Description: Color translucent white in live or fresh material to opaque in dead specimens; shape discoid and thin, not planispiral; sculpture of many spiral grooves with wavy axial growth lines and low, radiating, thickened, wavy riblets on flattened base; angle forms at juncture between periphery and base of shell; spiral ridges disappear toward umbilicus; protoconch of 1,75 smooth whorls with a varix at the termination of the protoconch; teleoconch of 1,25 whorls; spire flat and depressed; umbilicus wide and somewhat deep; aperture oblique to subquadrate for the posterior portion of the periostome, which extends well in advance of the anterior portion of the shell.
Habitat: Shallow coastal waters at depths from 0 to 44 m (144 ft); may be endemic to the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Remarks: Appears to have a stenotypic lifestyle. See Moore (1965). Synonym: Vitridomus texanus (Moore, 1965); Vitrinella texana Moore, 1965.
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 Circulus texanus Moore, 1965]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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