Miraclathurella bicanalifera explained

Miraclathurella bicanalifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 18 mm.

The whorls are narrowly shouldered. The longitudinal ribs are granose, crossed by raised striae. The color of the shell is dark chocolate-brown.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama; also off Costa Rica and Mexico.

References

• Sowerby, G. B. "The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, vol. II." London, pls (1834): 127–262.

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• Gastropods.com: Miraclathurella bicanalifera

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences