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Cautor minimus (Pease, 1871)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Triphoridae »  genus Cautor

Scientific synonyms

Cautor minima W. H. Pease, 1871

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Cautor minimus

Author: Kay, E.A.

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Description

Cautor minima (Pease, 1871a). Length, 3 mm; diameter, 1 mm. Shell: conic; with two rows of granules on each whorl; lavender. Spire: protoconch of two and one-half partly immersed white whorls; teleoconch of about six whorls; suture shallow. Sculpture: two spiral rows of rounded beads on each whorl, the beads in the apical row of the last whorl larger than those of the abapical row; base with two obsoletely beaded cords. Aperture: ovate; anterior canal short, tubular, straight; sutural canal embayed. Color: lavender, apex white.
Shells are rarely found in beach drift.
C. minima was described from Kauai and Howland Island.
Kay, E.A., 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca.
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 Cautor minimus (Pease, 1871)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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