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Microgenia (gastropod)
''Microgenia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae. Species Species within the genus ''Microgenia'' include: * ''Microgenia edwini'' (Brazier in Henn, 1894) References * Laseron, C. 1954. ''Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca).'' Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12. * Powell, A.W.B. 1966. ''The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species.'' Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23 External links Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308* Microgenia (gastropod), Raphitomidae Gastropod genera {{Raphitomidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microgenia Edwini
''Microgenia edwini'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1¼ mm. (Original description) The small, solid shell is fusiformly turreted. It is reddish-brown and white spotted. The shell contains 5 Whorl (mollusc), whorls, the apical one white, smooth and mammillated, the second finely punctated like a thimble, third and fourth spirally and sharply carinated with two keels, a much finer one below. The body whorl is sharply keeled at the angle having eight spiral lines below, between the suture and the spiral keels very finely longitudinally striated. The Aperture (mollusc), aperture is small, ovate, brownish within. The Columella (gastropod), columella is whitish, nearly straight. The outer Lip (gastropod), lip is finely denticulated at the edge, contracted below. The posterior sinus is wide and deep. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |