Parviterebra brazieri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Parviterebra |
| Species: | P. brazieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Parviterebra brazieri (Angas, 1875)
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Parviterebra harrisoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description) The shell is narrowly fusiform, attenuate at both ends. Its aspect is smooth, graceful, thin and translucent. The spire is prominent, acute, equalling the aperture, milky white. The base of the shell is chesnut, but the apex is stained, fulvous, and on the body whorl zoned with four bands of very pale yellow. The shell contains eight whorls, sloping, obliquely ribbed. The ribs are smooth, rounded, slightly raised, obtusely angular above, obsolete anteriorly. The suture is well impressed. The aperture is narrow and oblong. The outer lip is thin. The inner lip is reflected.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Victoria.
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Parviterebra brazieri (Angas, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511852 on 2019-03-25
- ^ Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria v. 13-15 (1878-1879)
- Wilson, B. (1994) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 2 Neogastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp. page(s): 104
External links
- Angas G.F. (1875). Descriptions of three new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (for 1875): 389-390, pl. 45
- Adams A. & Angas G.F. (1864 ["1863"]). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1863(3): 418-428, pl. 37
- Tenison Woods J.E. (1878). On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 14: 55-65
- Tryon G.W., jr. (1885) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)7: Terebridae, Cancellariidae, Strombidae, Cypraeidae, Pediculariidae, Ovulidae, Cassididae, Doliidae, pp. 1-64, pl. 1-12 (Terebridae), 65-98, pl. 1-7 (Cancellariidae), 99-152, pl. 1-12 (Strombidae), 153-240, pl. 1-23 (Cypraeidae, by S.R. Roberts), 241-256, 301-304, pl. 1-5 (Pediculariidae and Ovulidae), 257-267, 305-306, pl. 1-6 (Doliidae), 268-300, 307-309, pl. 1-10 (Cassididae). Philadelphia, published by the author