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Yellow False-creeper
Seila crocea (G. F. Angas, 1871)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Cerithiopsidae »  genus Seila

Scientific synonyms

Notoseila crocea (G. F. Angas, 1871)

Images

Seila crocea - Yellow False-creeper

Author: Jan Delsing

Seila crocea - Yellow False-creeper

Author: Wilson, B.

Seila crocea - Yellow False-creeper

Author: Macpherson & Gabriel

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Description

Shell small, elongate, orange. Whorls barely rounded, sculptured by three closely set concentric ridges, the narrow interstices of which are longitudinally, microscopically striated. Interior orange. Aperture ovate; outer lip sharp; anterior canal short, wide. Size: 1/3 inch.
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria.
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 Seila crocea (Angas, 1871)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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