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Diaphana brunnea W. H. Dall, 1919

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

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Diaphana brunnea

Author: Oldroyd, I.

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Description

Shell small, reddish-brown, thin, with a small subglobular nucleus and about three whorls, separated on the flattish summit by a rather deep suture; the last whorl rather large, swollen, widest in front; surface smooth; aperture not quite as long as the shell, narrow behind, expanded in front; outer lip thin, nearly straight, rounding into the pillar lip, which is reflected over but does not close a narrow umbilical chink; inner lip thinly glazed, the axis not gyrate. Height of shell, 5; diameter, 3.5 mm. (Dall.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Type locality. Harbor of St. Paul, Kadiak Island, Alaska. RANGE. Kadiak Island, Alaska.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Author: Jan Delsing

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