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Colus hypolispus W. H. Dall, 1891

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Colidae »  family Colidae »  genus Colus

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Colus hypolispus

Author: Oldroyd, I.

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Description

Shell polished, brown, with rounded whorls sculptured only by a few obsolete spirals and malleations with six or seven whorls, well-rounded to a distinct suture and rather acute spire; canal very short and strongly recurved, axis almost pervious; outer lip sinuous, throat white, a well-marked callus on the pillar and body. Length of shell, 55; of aperture, 28; breadth of shell, 26 mm. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum. Type locality, U.S.S. "Albatross" Station 3254, in Bering Sea.
RANGE. Arctic Ocean to Aleutian and Shelikoff Strait, Alaska.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
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 Colus hypolispus Dall, 1891]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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