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Vetulonia densilirata

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Vetulonia densilirata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Vetulonia
Species:
V. densilirata
Binomial name
Vetulonia densilirata
Dall, 1927
Synonyms

Brookula densilirata W.H. Dall, 1927

Vetulonia densilirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2 mm; its diameter: 3 mm.

(Original description) the shell resembles Vetulonia paucivaricosa (Dautzenberg, 1889) but with a depressed, almost flat spire. There are about 35 axial lamellae on the body whorl. The spiral sculpture is finer and closer, and the aperture is almost circular with a continuous margin.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Florida, USA.

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