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Bellaspira melea W. H. Dall, 1919

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Drilliidae »  genus Bellaspira

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Bellaspira melea

Author: Dall, W.H.

Description

Shell stout, rose pink, with a whitish hand in front of the suture, with a blunt smooth nucleus of about one whorl and about fire subsequent whorl-: suture appressed, obscure, spiral sculpture apparently absent: axial sculpture of (on the last whorl six) strong, stout, wavelike ribs, continuous up the spire, with wide interspaces, and practically vertical; the surface appears to be smooth but as the specimen is slightly beach worn some minute sculpture may have disappeared; the suture is undulated by the ribs, there is no anal fasciole perceptible; anal sulcus narrow, short, with a subsutural callus in front of it: outer lip thin, sharp, with a marked varicose swelling behind it: there are no internal lirae: inner lip callous, smooth: pillar very short, stout, and straight; canal hardly differentiated from the aperture but deeply cut: height of shell. 12 mm: of last whorl 7,5 mm; diameter 5mm.
Dall W.H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of mollusks of the family Turritidae from the west coast of America and adjacent regions.

Distribution

Panama
Dall W.H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of mollusks of the family Turritidae from the west coast of America and adjacent regions.
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 Bellaspira melea (Dall, 1919)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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