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Epitonium deificum J. C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1903

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Epitoniidae - Wentletraps »  genus Epitonium

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Epitonium deificum

Author: Bosch et al.

Epitonium deificum

Author: Kaicher, S.

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Description

10mm. High spired with pointed, glossy protoconch of about 4 whorls. Spire whorls have thin, slightly oblique, upright ribs (about 17 on last whorl) diminishing and interleaving at sutures. Crowded, low, spiral threads, half as wide as their intervals, between ribs. No umbilicus. White. Habitat: deep water and beached. Distribution: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
Bosch, D.T., Dance, S.P., Moolenbeek, R.G. en Oliver, G., 1995. Seashells of Eastern Arabia.
Author: Jan Delsing

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EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Epitonium deificum (Melvill & Standen, 1903)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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