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Microdiscula charopa (Tate, 1889)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Allogastropoda »  family Orbitestellidae »  genus Microdiscula

Scientific synonyms

Cyclostrema charopa Tate, 1889
Cyclostrema micra Petterd, 1884
Helisalia pallida Laseron, 1954

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Microdiscula charopa

Author: Tate, R.

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Description

= Cyclostrema micra, Petterd, Journ. Conch., p. 139, 1884 (non C. micra. Ten.-Woods, 1877).

Shell minute, planorbiform, very widely umbilicated, sordid-white : spire slightly sunken. Whorls four, rapidly increasing, convex; last whorl with a sloping sutural margin ; the ornament consists of close-set, slender, oblique growth-lines only; base convex, abruptly bounding the wide umbilicus, which exposes all the whorls. Aperture incomplete, nearly circular, a little wider than high ; outer lip sharp, ecurved medially.
Dimensions of figured specimen. Minor diameter, 1,1; major diameter, 1,84; height, 0,5 mm.
Habitat.—Tasmania (Petterd); South Australia (Dr. Verco).
Tate, R. (1899). A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [9809aa02-5f36-487b-8f6b-b0d50a6fd6bd]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Microdiscula charopa (Tate, 1889)]
Data retrieved on: 13 February 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Microdiscula charopa Tate, 1899]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Helisalia pallida Laseron, 1954]
Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015

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