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Nassarius insculptus P. P. Carpenter, 1864

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Nassariidae - Nassa Mud Snails »  genus Nassarius

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Nassarius insculptus

Author: McLean J.H. & Gosliner T.M.

Nassarius insculptus

Author: Hertlein, L.G. & Strong, A.M.

Nassarius insculptus

Author: Oldroyd, I.

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Description

Shell small, conical; spire elevated; apex subacute; whorls seven, nearly flat, but obliquely truncated near margin; sculpture consists of numerous fine, spiral furrows, which are most prominent on lower portion of body-whorl; four upper whorls have prominent transverse ridges; aperture subquadrate; outer lip thickened by a slightly denticulated ridge; inner lip incrusted slightly, but spiral ornamentation shows through the incrustation; columella short and separated from body-whorl by deep, narrow groove; canal short, broad, curved. (Arnold.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Gulf of California
Type locality, Catalina Island, in 3-40 fathoms.
RANGE. Point Arena, California, to Cerros Island, Lower California. Fossil: Pleistocene, San Pedro, California.
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 Nassarius insculptus (Carpenter, 1864)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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