Gracilancilla lindae explained

Gracilancilla lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.

Description

Original description: "Shell very thin and fragile, very elongated with extremely protracted spire; shell without shoulder, fusiform; aperture elongated, narrow; anterior one-fourth of shell with separate enameled area; protoconch extremely large in proportion to shell size, rounded, dome-like; color pale cream-white, highly polished; columella with 2 plications; interior of aperture pale cream-white."[1]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Punto Fijo, Paraguana Peninsula,
Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF