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Author: Kantor & Sysoev
Author: Rehder, H.A.
Description
Described in French (click French flag)
Testa parva, conico-acuta, alba, rosaceo, tincta; anfractibus sex, plano-convexis, spiraliter lineolatis; apertura spira breviore; columella arcuata, planulata. Long., 3/10; lat., 3/20 poll. (Gould.)
Shell small, elongated, acutely conic, white, tinged with rose color, closely covered with minute revolving lines, most conspicuous near the base of the shell, in most parts microscopic; lower whorl as long or longer than the rest of the spire; suture faintly impressed, but distinct; aperture about two-fifths the length of the shell, narrow-ovate; outer lip sharp, a little everted, smooth within, gently curving to its junction with the spire; pillar arcuated, a little flattened, smooth, and white. Length, three-tenths of an inch; breadth, three-twentieths of an inch. (Gould.)
Shell small, elongated, acutely conic, white, tinged with rose color, closely covered with minute revolving lines, most conspicuous near the base of the shell, in most parts microscopic; lower whorl as long or longer than the rest of the spire; suture faintly impressed, but distinct; aperture about two-fifths the length of the shell, narrow-ovate; outer lip sharp, a little everted, smooth within, gently curving to its junction with the spire; pillar arcuated, a little flattened, smooth, and white. Length, three-tenths of an inch; breadth, three-twentieths of an inch. (Gould.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Distribution
Type locality, off Cohasset.
RANGE. Icy Cape, Arctic Ocean, to Pearl Straits, Alaska; circumboreal.
RANGE. Icy Cape, Arctic Ocean, to Pearl Straits, Alaska; circumboreal.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Astyris rosacea Gould, 1839]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013