Toledonia elata Thiele 1912
- Dataset
- Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Cephalaspidea
- family
- Diaphanidae
- genus
- Toledonia
- species
- Toledonia elata
description
Fig. 5 L
discussion
Remarks. In shell morphology the material here examined closely resembles Toledonia elata, from which however it differs by having a straight (instead of angulated) columella.
materials_examined
Examined material. 1 an. and 7 sh. (MACN-In 40708). Description. Shell height to 2.3 mm (up to 3.5 mm according to Dell 1990); elongate-ovate, delicate. Protoconch smooth, of 1.5 slightly convex whorls. Teleoconch of up to 2 whorls, slightly convex in outline; last whorl comprising about 85 % of total shell height. Suture deep, slightly channeled. Surface white; only sculptured with faint growth lines. Aperture ovate, wider anteriorly than posteriorly; interior white; columella with a strong fold; callus narrow, slightly expanded over the umbilical area.
Name
- Homonyms
- Toledonia elata Thiele 1912