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Haminoea vesicula A. A. Gould, 1855

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Opistobranchia - opisthobranchs »  family Haminoeidae »  genus Haminoea

Scientific synonyms

Haminoea angelensis F. Baker & G. D. Hanna, 1927

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Haminoea vesicula

Author: Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet.

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Description

Shell small, fragile, ovate-globose, pale greenish-yellow; body of the shell small, truncate at the summit; outer whorl large; aperture about twice the length of the body of the shell, and projecting above it, broadly rounded both posteriorly and anteriorly; outer lip inflexed at the middle; pillar profoundly arcuate, with a narrow delicate callus. Length, 3.10 inch; breadth, 1.5 inch. (Gould.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Vancouver Island to Gulf of California.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
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 Haminoea vesicula (Gould, 1855)]
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 Haminoea angelensis Baker & Hanna, 1927]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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