''Conomitra lindae'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.
Genera
The family Volutomitridae contain ...
.
Description
Original description: "Shell fusiform, biconic, shiny and polished: body with numerous fine axial ribs intersected by numerous spiral ribs; small bead produced at intersection of axial spiral ribs; protoconch large, bulbous, composed of 2 whorls; columella with 4 large plications; color pale tan with 2 bands of arrow-shaped dark brown blotches; shoulder with intermittent dark brown patches; entire color pattern in turn, overlaid with fine spiral bands of tiny, pale tan dots; protoconch brown; interior of aperture tan with 2 dark brown bands."
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."
[Petuch, E.J. 1987-''New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas'', page 109. Publ: CERF]
References
Volutomitridae
Gastropods described in 1987
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