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Ithycythara parkeri R. T. Abbott, 1958

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mangeliidae »  genus Ithycythara

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Ithycythara parkeri

Author: Williams, P.

Ithycythara parkeri

Author: Jan Delsing

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Description

Shell 5.7 mm. in length, 1.9 mm. in width, slender, with 7 whorls (nucleus eroded). Postnuclear whorls flattish with 5 slightly protratively slanting, straight, strong, rather sharp and narrow ribs which are slightly shouldered. Interstices wide and slightly concave. Spiral sculpture of numerous, fine, raised threads (about 26 between sutures) which also cross the axial ribs. Fine growth lines cut across these spiral threads. Aperture elongate and narrow, its borders stained orange-brown. Color of shell opaque, chalk-white, with a large, faint, orange-brown splotch near the center of the whorl between each rib.
Source: Abbott, 1958. Original description.

Distribution

Grand Cayman Island. Caribic.
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 Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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