Eumetula dilecta 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
- Neotaenioglossa
- family
- Cerithiopsidae
- genus
- Eumetula
- species
- Eumetula dilecta
description
Description. Shell height to 5.5 mm; turritelliform, moderately solid. Protoconch small, of about 2.5 markedly keeled whorls; sculptured with 12 to 15 strong axial ribs per whorl and a strong spiral cord; transition to teleoconch not clearly defined. Teleoconch of up to 7 whorls, slightly convex in outline; last whorl comprising about 35 % of total shell height. Suture impressed. Surface pale brown, with spiral sculpture lighter; sculptured with 17 to 21 strong axial ribs and 2 strong spiral cords per whorl, which produce small beads at their intersections. Base delimited by a smooth cord. Aperture ovate, interior pale brown; columellar callus narrow; siphonal canal short, markedly oblique, wide.
description
Fig. 3 A
discussion
Remarks. The material studied here resembles Eumetula dilecta in shell sculpture, although clearly differs in the shell outline of the first whorls (markedly keeled vs. evenly convex).
materials_examined
Examined material. 3 sh. (MACN-In 40680).
Name
- Homonyms
- Eumetula dilecta Thiele 1912