Turricostellaria lindae explained

Turricostellaria lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

Original description: "General shell form as for genus; suture very incised, with squared-off subsutural band producing extreme tabulate appearance; spire scalariform; whorls with narrow, well-defined axial ribs; axial ribs overlaid, on body whorl, with 6 spiral impressed sulci and numerous fine spiral threads; color pale grayish-white."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."[3]

Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Turricostellaria lindae Petuch, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605627 on 2018-12-31
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 108. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 108. Publ: CERF