CZ EN
SEARCH  

Taxon profile

species

Aoteatilia larochei A. W. B. Powell, 1940

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Columbellidae - Dove Shells »  genus Aoteatilia

Images

Aoteatilia larochei

Author: Powell

Aoteatilia larochei

Author: Powell, A.W.B.

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Shell an exact miniature of Daphnella substriata, only two-thirds the size and uniformly white. In substriata the protoconch is always lilac tinted and the rest of the shell buff. The protoconch in larochei is invariably white and noticeably more convex; the adult sculpture is similar except that the spiral striations on the penultimate in larochei number 16 compared with 18–20 in substriata. Otherwise the two species are very similar. Whorls 4 ½, including protoconch.

Height, 3·3 mm.; diameter, 1·4 mm. (holotype).
Holotype presented to Auckland Museum.
Locality: 10 fathoms off Awanui, Doubtless Bay, N.Z. (W. La Roche).
Powell, 1940. The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province (Original Description)
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 Aoteatilia larochei Powell, 1940]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

Contributions to BioLib

Help us to expand this encyclopedia! If you are logged in, you can add new subtaxa, vernacular and scientific names, texts, images or intertaxon relationships for this taxon.

Comments