Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Solariellidae | |
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Spectamen semisculptum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
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Description
The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm. The thin, white shell has a depressed turbinate shape with a wide umbilicus. The acute spire is conoid. It contains 4½ convex whorls. The suture is distinct, and not channeled. The umbilicus is funnel-shaped. The rounded aperture is slightly oblique. The peristome is thin, outer margin very colunellari slightly arched. The outer lip is pronounced. The columella is slightly arched.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal and the Agulhas Bank, Rep. South Africa
References
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