Description
Author: Jan Delsing
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Shell cream or light brown, obscurely marked with spots of reddish brown; keels, paler, narrow, lanceolately acuminate. Whorls sixteen to eighteen, bicarinated on the lower half and further ornamented with fine concentric lirae, and numerous close, longitudinal, somewhat undulating striae. Sutures well defined. Interior creamy. Aperture rounded, outer lip acute. Size: 1,5 inch.
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria.
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 86906
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This graceful, acuminated Screw Shell with its two keeled feature is easily recognized and cannot be confused with any Victorian form.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
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Locality: South-west Victorian coast.
A species not of common occurrence in Victorian waters and known only to the writers from the above locality. Recorded also from Tasmania.
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria.