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Cerithiopsis apicina W. H. Dall, 1927

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

Scientific synonyms

Cerithiopsis apicinum W. H. Dall, 1927

Description

Shell small, whitish, elongate conical, with a smooth nuclear whorl in which the apex is small and upturned, and the nepionic part with 1 feeble anterior spiral thread, a few fine spiral striae, and many slightly arcuate small axial riblets; there are 7 succeeding well-rounded whorls; suture distinct; axial sculpture of (on the last whorl 16) nar row vertical ribs with subequal interspaces, the incremental lines not obvious except on the base; spiral sculpture on the last whorl of 1 plain thread at the suture, next to it 2 stronger nodulose threads, then near the periphery 1 more strongly nodose, then a fine thread behind the succeeding suture, 1 of 2 of which the anterior is covered by the following whorl; the base is convex, with 2 threads at the margin and between them and the axis a smooth space; aperture rounded, lip thin, somewhat expanded; pillar very short, attenuated in front. Height 5.5; diameter, 2 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 347852. Off Georgia, two specimens.
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.
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 Cerithiopsis apicinum Dall, 1927]
Data retrieved on: 29 November 2013

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