Ginebis argenteonitens

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Ginebis argenteonitens
Bathybembix argenteonitens hirasei.jpg
Apertural view of shell of Ginebis argenteonitens (Lischke, 1872)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
Eucyclidae
Genus:
Ginebis
Species:
G. argenteonitens
Binomial name
Ginebis argenteonitens
(Lischke, 1872) [1]
Synonyms
  • Bembix convexiusculum Yokoyama, 1920 †
  • Calliostoma argenteonitensLischke, 1872
  • Ginebis convexiuscula(Yokoyama, 1920)
  • Ginebis kiraiSakurai, 1983
  • Ginebis nakamigawaiSakurai, 1983
  • Lischkeia convexiuscula(Yokoyama, 1920)
  • Lischkeia convexiuscula tosanaShikama, 1962
  • Trochus argenteonitensLischke, 1872 (original combination)
  • Turcicula argenteonitens(Lischke, 1872)
  • Turcicula argenteonitens hiraseiTaki & Otuka, 1943

Ginebis argenteonitens is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae. [2]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 37 mm and 60 mm. The thin, imperforate, yellowish shell has a conoidal shape. Its apex is acute. It is beautifully iridescent, the underlying nacre shining through. The eight whorls are a little convex. They are obsoletely sculptured with incremental striae. The suture has a series of fine short folds on each side. Three last whorls are covered with a median series of tubercles. The aperture covers almost half the entire altitude. The body whorl is encircled by an acute compressed carina at the base. The base of the shell is very convex, with 8 narrow crenulated spiral lirae, the first 3 separated, the rest closer. The aperture is rounded-subquadrate. The columella is sinuous, and brilliantly pearly. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, in the East China Sea, off Taiwan and off the Philippines

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References

  1. ↑ Lischke, Jap. Meeres-Conchyl. iii, p. 66, t. 4, f. 1, 1874.
  2. ↑ Ginebis argenteonitens (Lischke, 1872) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Calliostoma argenteonitens)
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