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Lienardia caelata A. Garrett, 1873

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Clathurellidae »  genus Lienardia

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Lienardia caelata

Author: Chen Lee Wu

Lienardia caelata

Author: Jan Delsing

Taxon in country check-lists*

Asia: Taiwan, Oceania: Fiji

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Description

Shell small, oblong, fusiform, rapidly tapering towards the base, spire moderately elevated, apex acute; whorls embryonal 2, brown, normal whorls 6, rounded, last one produced into a short, slightly recurved canal; longitudinally nodosely ribbed, 10 on the body whorl, crossed by smaller revolving ridges, 3 on the penultimate whorls, 10-11 on the body, interstices scabrous with close, elevated longitudinal striae; suture deeply impressed; aperture oblong, narrow, sides nearly parallel, half the length of the shell; posterior sinus large, rounded ; peristome trenchant, obsoletely crenulate, with 5 stout teeth on its inner edge; columella nearly vertical, smooth ; color cinereous, stained with luteous, nodules whitish and obsoletely lineated in the spiral grooves. Length 6 mm.
Garrett, 1873. Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands.
Original description.
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 Lienardia caelata Garrett, 1873]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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