Parmaphorella melvilli (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
- Vetigastropoda
- family
- Fissurellidae
- genus
- Parmaphorella
- species
- Parmaphorella melvilli
description
Description. Shell length to 11.7 mm (up to 23 mm according to Melvill & Standen 1907); patelliform, low, moderately thick. Apex rolled, located close to posterior margin. Surface white; sculptured with numerous, low radial ribs and prominent growth lines, which produce small beads at their intersections. Aperture ovate, interior white, margin crenulated. Slit closed.
description
Fig. 2 A
description
Parmophoridea melvilli — Dell, 1990: 77, fig. 122
materials_examined
Examined material. 3 sh. (MACN-In 40660).
Name
- Homonyms
- Parmaphorella melvilli (Thiele 1912)