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Teardrop Marginella
Granulina ovuliformis (d'Orbigny, 1842)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Granulinidae »  genus Granulina

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Granulina ovuliformis - Teardrop Marginella

Author: Jan Delsing

Granulina ovuliformis - Teardrop Marginella

Author: Kaicher Cards

Granulina ovuliformis - Teardrop Marginella

Author: Daccarett, E.Y. & Bossio, V.S.

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Description

Shell minute, glassy white, swollen above; outer lip heavy, developed into a well-marked varix which extends on to the spire and is feebly denticulated within; aperture narrow and of about even width throughout; columella with three plications.
Length, 1.75; diameter, 1 mm.
Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.
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 Granulina ovuliformis D'Orbigny, 1841]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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