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Microstilifer auricula Ch. Hedley, 1907

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Eulimidae »  genus Microstilifer

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Microstilifer auricula

Author: Hedley

Microstilifer auricula

Author: Warén, A.

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Description

Shell minute, turbinate, with a subulate spire. Colour white. Whorls six, the final one swollen, globose; the penultimate much narrower, gradate; the earlier together forming a tall and slender column. No sculpture. Umbilicus wide and deep. Aperture semilunate, lip expanded, columellar margin broadly reflected. Height 2,15 mm.; breadth 1,65 mm.
Hedley, C., 1907; The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Part 2.

Distribution

Australia. Queensland. Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group. Also: 5-10 fathoms off the Hope Islands.
Hedley, C., 1907; The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Part 2.
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 Microstilifer auricula (Hedley, 1907)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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