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Hypermastus epiphanes (Melvill, 1897)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Eulimidae »  genus Hypermastus

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Hypermastus epiphanes

Author: Bosch et al.

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Description

12mm. Solid, semitransparent, glossy, needle like, spire straight sided, with finely incised sutures, whorls showing faint, short plications subsuturally; occasional indistinct varices: distinct protoconch of about 1.5 convex whorls. Narrow parietal callus. Outer lip straight, narrowing at base; slightly curved in profile. White. Syn: H. auritae Waren, 1991. Habitat: intertidal on sand dollars. Distribution: NG, NWG, Mas.
Bosch, D.T., Dance, S.P., Moolenbeek, R.G. en Oliver, G., 1995. Seashells of Eastern Arabia.
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 Hypermastus epiphanes (Melvill, 1897)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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