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Acteon parallelus W. H. Dall, 1927

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Allogastropoda »  family Acteonidae »  genus Acteon

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Description

Shell minute, white, subcylindrical, with an immersed blunt apex and nearly four whorls; suture distinct, briefly shouldered; surface finely spirally striate, the striae microscopically reticulate by faint incremental lines; sides of the last whorl nearly flat, the base short, evenly rounded; outer lip thin, sharp, straight, anteriorly rounded into the slightly thickened and twisted pillar; base imperforate in the adult, a slight chink behind the pillar in immature specimens. Height, 3; maximum diameter, 1.5 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 107918.
Off Georgia and Fernandina, four specimens.
This is remarkable for its subcylindrical turrited whorls.
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.
Type Locality: Off Georgia and Fernandina
Range: 30.98°N to 30.73°N; 79.64°W to 79.43°W
Depth: 538 to 805 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia
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 Acteon parallelus Dall, 1927]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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