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Small Air-breather
Marinula parva (Swainson, 1855)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Pulmonata - pulmonates »  family Ellobiidae »  genus Marinula

Scientific synonyms

Cremnobates parva Swainson, 1855
Alexia harrissoni Beddome, 1883

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Description

"The Small Marinula." Ovate, thin, light; whitish or light brown, mouth brown; growth lines well marked; spire conic, about as high as the mouth; protoconch minute,, pointed; adult whorls four; last, very large, convex; mouth vertical, ovate, angled above, rounded below; columella with two strong folds, the upper one larger, high up. Height 7.5 diam. 5 mm. American River,. Kangaroo Island. Beach, rare. (Type locality—Oyster Cove, Hobart.)
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K,1934. South Australian shells including descriptions of new genera and species.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [37f7166b-339d-45dd-b618-60c31df98a35]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Marinula parva (Swainson, 1855)]
Data retrieved on: 25 July 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Marinula parva Swainson, 1856]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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