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Grainy Wentletrap
Opalia granosa J. R. C. Quoy & J. P. Gaimard, 1834

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Epitoniidae - Wentletraps »  genus Opalia

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Opalia granosa - Grainy Wentletrap

Author: Jan Delsing

Opalia granosa - Grainy Wentletrap

Author: Macpherson & Gabriel

Opalia granosa - Grainy Wentletrap

Author: Kaicher, S.

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Description

Shell medium, elongately conical. Whorls a little flattened, longitudinal sculpture marked on early whorls, becoming obsolete on latter, interstices minutely striate and roughened so as to appear granulose; whorls many, ribs eight to a whorl. Mouth broadly oval, not complete nor varicose; inner lip reflected, forming a pseudo-canaliculate basal tip with the outer lip. Shell cream, elongated. Whorls slightly convex, sometimes varicose, crenulated at the suture; surface minutely granulated. Aperture rounded; inner lip thick. Size: 1,5 inches.
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria.
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 Opalia granosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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