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Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Allogastropoda »  family Pyramidellidae »  genus Turbonilla

Scientific synonyms

Chrysallida mumia A. Adams, 1861
Pyrgiscus mumia (A. Adams, 1861)
Turbonilla microscopica Laseron, 1959

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Turbonilla mumia

Author: Hedley

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Description

Shell small, strong, ovate. Colour white. Whorls four; exclusive of the smooth, prostrate, heterostrophic two-whorled apex. Sculpture: sixteen strong, smooth, outstanding, longitudinal ribs sinuate the suture and reach to the extreme point of the base. Similar ribs extend continuously across the upper whorls. Between these ribs appear the broken lengths of about a dozen, delicate, widely parted, raised, spiral threads. Aperture ear-shaped, effuse anteriorly. Columella massive, entering in a strong, spiral twist. Lip formed by the last rib. Length 1,2 mm.; breadth 0,65 mm.
Hedley,C., 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [d403ee54-7dbd-4005-ac4c-52ea041260ea]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)]
Data retrieved on: 13 February 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Turbonilla mumia (Adams, 1861)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Turbonilla microscopica (Laseron, 1959)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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