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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 81728
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Created: 2015-12-05 21:58:30 - User Delsing Jan
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Testa elongato-ovata, turrita, solidiuscula, nitente, pallide castanea, ad suturas fulvo punctata; spira conica, quam apertura paulo longiore. Anfr. 9, convexis, declivis, superne angulatis et canaliculatis, ad angulum et suturam granulosis, undique spiraliter liratis et long. tenuissime striatis, liris latis, rotundatis; interstitiis 2-3 lirulis instructis; apice acuto nucleo laevi rotundato ; apertura late ovata, labro acuto, sinuato, profundo ; labio reflexo, albo; fauce polita; canali brevi, vix recurvo. Granis ad angul. latis. numerosis. Long. 34 mm, lat. 15 mm.;Long. apert. 15 mm, lat. 8 mm.
Shell elongately fusiform, ovate, turretted, rather solid, shining, pale chestnut, at the suture dotted fulvous; spire conical a little longer than the aperture ; whorls 9, convex, sloping, angular above and canaliculate, granular at the angle and sutures ; spirally lirate and very finely striate lengthwise all over the test; lirae broad, rounded ; interstices furnished with 2 or 3 lirulae; apex acute, nucleus smooth rounded; aperture widely ovate, labrum acute, sinus broad and deep, lip reflected, white, throat polished, canal short, scarcely recurved. The granules at the angle wide and numerous.
Source: Tenison-Woods, 1877. On some new Tamanian marine shells. (Original descriptions)
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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 81729
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North-West coast of Tasmania.