Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 111840
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Shell small, short, rotund, smooth, white with three brownish spiral bands on the last whorl; apex blunt, nucleus completely immersed, visible whorls about four, moderately rounded, separated by a distinct suture; aperture sublimate, outer lip thin, sharp, arcuate, rounding evenly in front to the slightly thickened strongly twisted pillar behind which is a minute chink; the last whorl comprises most of the shell. Height of shell, 3.5; of last whorl, 2.8; diameter, 2 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108274.
Off Georgia, one specimen.
The brown bands are liable to fade in the cabinet, even if kept in the dark.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 55586
Text Type: 3
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Created: 2009-08-22 02:31:27 - User Delsing Jan
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Type Locality: Off Georgia
Range: 30.73°N ; 79.43°W
Depth: 805 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia