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Cerithium matukense R. B. Watson, 1880

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Cerithiidae »  genus Cerithium

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Cerithium matukense

Author: Jan Delsing

Cerithium matukense

Author: Jan Delsing

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Description

Cerithium matukense Watson, 1886. Length, 69 mm; diameter, 15 mm. Shell: conic-elongate; with beaded spiral threads; cream spirally banded with brown. Spire: teleoconch of about 18 barely convex whorls; suture impressed, shallow. Sculpture: four spiral threads on each whorl, the apical spirals more prominently beaded than the last whorl; base of the last whorl with five smooth threads; interspaces between the spirals smooth and of greater diameter than the threads; whorls with occasional varices. Aperture: subcircular; outer lip thin and flaring; columella straight; siphonal canal recurved. Shells are rarely found, occurring at depths of 40 m. C. matukense was described from Fiji from shells dredged at depths of 310 fathoms.
Kay, E.A., 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca.
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 Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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