Alaginella valida explained

Alaginella valida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

(Original description) Shell: small, gibbously biconical, and strong, with a lustrous, porcellanous white surface. It has a long, oblique, rather narrow aperture, a strongly varixed outer lip with faint teeth, and four folds on the columella.

Sculpture

the shell features faint and unequal lines of growth.

Color: lustrous, porcellanous white.

Spire

moderately raised and conical, with an excessively blunt and rounded apex.

Whorls: nearly five whorls, slightly convex above, bluntly rounded at the periphery, produced, and barely concave at the base. The suture is slightly impressed.

Aperture

long, narrow, and oblique, with a truncate front. The outer lip is not emarginate in front, though it is truncate. It ascends at the insertion, forming a wide, shallow sinus, and is convex in the middle. The outer lip has a strong varix and a blunt, rounded edge with faint denticles. The inner lip is not thickened, nearly straight but oblique to the axis. The lower half of its length is occupied by four broad but not very prominent oblique denticles, with the foremost forming a slight flange at the tip of the columella. [1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland. [2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Watson . R.B. . Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76 . 1886 . Zoology 15 (part 42) . 1-756.
  2. Web site: Alaginella valida. Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Government . 16 July 2024.