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Colus trombinus W. H. Dall, 1919

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

Scientific synonyms

Limatofusus trombinus (Dall, 1919)

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Colus trombinus

Author: Dall, W.H.

Taxon in country check-lists*

Arctic, North America: Bering Sea

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Description

Shell small, short, rotund, with about five whorls, the apex distinct not appressed; axial sculpture of fine, regular, almost miscroscopic, in¬cremental lines crossing the outer sculpture but hardly visible except with a lens; spiral sculpture of (on the penultimate whorl, about 10; on the last whorl, about 25) narrow, almost channeled grooves, with slightly rounded broader interspaces, sometimes divided by a smaller groove, and feebler near the suture and on the canal; outer lip thin, sharp, arcuate; inner lip erased, pillar white, short, twisted; canal short, wide, distinctly recurved; operculum normal, rather short, and wide, in harmony with the aperture. Height of shell, 16; of last whorl, 14; of aperture, 11; diameter, 10 mm. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum, No. 213332. Type locality, United States Fish Commission Station 3253, Bering Sea, off Pribilof Islands.
RANGE. Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, in 36 fathoms.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Bering Sea. Off Pribilov Islands.
Dall, W.H., 1925. Illustrations of unfigured types of shells in the collection of the United States National Museum.
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 trombinus Dall, 1919]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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