Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguiere 1789)
- Dataset
- Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Neogastropoda
- family
- Buccinidae
- genus
- Pareuthria
- species
- Pareuthria fuscata
description
Description. Shell height to 28.5 mm (up to 44.6 mm according to Pastorino 2016); fusiform, solid. Protoconch of about 1 convex whorl; transition to teleoconch poorly defined. Teleoconch of up to 5 whorls, slightly convex in outline, with a very weak shoulder; last whorl comprising about 70 % of total shell height. Suture impressed. Surface grayish, with a narrow, diffuse, clear band below the suture; sculptured with weak spiral threads, more evident at the base; in addition, faint growth lines are evident along all teleoconch whorls. Aperture ovate, interior dark brown, with margin white; columellar callus moderately thick, slightly expanded over the base; siphonal canal short, almost straight, wide.
description
Fig. 3 K
materials_examined
Examined material. 8 sh. (MACN-In 40683).
Name
- Homonyms
- Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguiere 1789)