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Author: Jan Delsing
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Created: 2023-05-07 21:23:22 - User Delsing Jan
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Shell very minute, bluish white; transparent; not falcate. Whorls almost flattened; appressed at the summit, through which the preceding whorl shines, which lends the shell the aspect of having a double suture. Suture scarcely perceptible. Periphery of the last whorl well rounded. Base moderately long, well rounded; entire surface of spire and base marked by exceedingly fine, incremental lines. No varicial markings arc apparent on any of our shells. Aperture oval, posterior angle acute; outer lip clavate; inner lip short, curved, slightly reflected; parietal wall covered by a moderately thick callus.
The typo and two specimens, Cat. No. 187079, U.S.N.M., come from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 620). The type has five and one-half whorls, and measures: Length, 1.7 mm.; diameter, 0.7 mm.
Cat. No. 250382, U.S.N.M., contains another specimen from the same locality (Coll. No. 1255).
Bartsch, P., 1915. Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum.