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| Thalassocyon tui Dell, 1967
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Thalassocyon tui is a gastropod mollusc of the family Ficidae, found off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and the Kermadec Islands.
The shell is moderately large, with a very depressed and broad spire, a sharp flanged peripheral keel, produced into triangular lamellate upcurved spines, and a long straight anterior canal. The surface sculpture is of closely spaced fine spiral cords.
Coloration is pale fawn, with the protoconch and interior of the aperture reddish-brown.
Height is up to 52 mm, and width 35 mm.
External links
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1