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'''''Thalassocyon tui''''' is a [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ficidae]], found off the east coast of the [[North Island]] of [[New Zealand]], and the [[Kermadec Islands]]. |
'''''Thalassocyon tui''''' is a [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ficidae]], found off the east coast of the [[North Island]] of [[New Zealand]], and the [[Kermadec Islands]]. |
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The shell is moderately large, with a very depressed and broad [[spire (mollusc)|spire]], a sharp flanged peripheral keel, produced into triangular lamellate upcurved spines, and a long straight |
The shell is moderately large, with a very depressed and broad [[spire (mollusc)|spire]], a sharp flanged peripheral keel, produced into triangular lamellate upcurved spines, and a long straight [[siphonal canal]]. The surface [[sculpture (mollusc)|sculpture]] is of closely spaced fine spiral cords. |
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Coloration is pale fawn, with the [[protoconch]] and interior of the [[aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] reddish-brown. |
Coloration is pale fawn, with the [[protoconch]] and interior of the [[aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] reddish-brown. |
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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 siphonal 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