Colpospirella algida (Melvill & Standen 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
- Turritellidae
- genus
- Colpospirella
- species
- Colpospirella algida
description
Description. Shell height to 6.15 mm; turritelliform, moderately solid. Protoconch of 2.25 convex whorls. Teleoconch of up to 6 whorls, angulated in outline; last whorl comprising about 45 % of total shell height. Suture deeply impressed. Surface white; sculptured with 2 or 3 primary spiral cords per whorl; the one located at the middle of the whorl is stronger, producing a moderate keel; interspaces with 1 or 2 secondary spiral cords. In addition, faint growth lines are evident along all teleoconch whorls. Aperture ovate, interior white; columellar callus narrow, slightly expanded over the umbilical area.
description
Fig. 2 I
materials_examined
Examined material. 42 sh. (MACN-In 40668).