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Austrodrillia saxea G. B. Sowerby III, 1896

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Horaiclavidae »  genus Austrodrillia

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Austrodrillia saxea

Author: Sowerby, G.B. (III)

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Description

Testa turrita, solida, alba; spira acutiusctila, ad apicem obtusa; anfractus 6,5, convexi, obscure angulati, longitudinaliter obscure plicati, aliter laeves; anfractus ultimus spiram brevior, ad basim truncatus, haud rostratus; apertura curta, latiuscula; labrum leviter inflexum, postice late et profunde sinuatum ; columella fere recta. Long. 7 mm, diam. 3 mm.
A little, stony, white shell, with a short mouth, and lip slightly inflexed; in form it resembles D. hottentota Smith.
Sowerby, G.B. III, 1896. List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species.

Distribution

Southern Australia: St Vincent's Gulf
Sowerby, G.B. III, 1896. List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species.
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 Austrodrillia saxea Sowerby, 1896]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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