Goodingia varicosa

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Goodingia varicosa
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Original drawing with three views of a shell of Goodingia varicosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Goodingia
Species:
G. varicosa
Binomial name
Goodingia varicosa
(Schepman, 1909à
Synonyms
  • Mucronalia varicosa Schepman, 1909

Goodingia varicosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species, along with Goodingia capillastericola , belongs in the genus Goodingia . [1]

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Description

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

Description

" The length of the shell measures 4 mm, its width between 2½ and 2¾ mm. The small, white shell has an oval shape and is imperforate. It is rather smooth, with very fine growth-striae and a few riblike varices on the body whorl. The whorls number about 6, of which the two apical ones are mucronate, the other whorls are convex with a deep marginate suture. The aperture is subovate. Its upper angle is moderately acute. The right margin is thin, slightly expanded, regularly flexuous, stronger so near the upper part. The columellar side is slightly arched, a little thickened near the base, with a thin layer of enamel on the body whorl. The operculum is thin and horny.

The species vary slightly in shape, some specimens being more swollen than others, which may depend on sex. The varixlike striae on the last whorl are remarkable," [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Schepman, 1909. Warén A. (1980). Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 9: 187-210. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536170 on 2013-02-24.
  2. ↑ Schepman 1908-1913, The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition; Leyden,E. J. Brill,1908-13 (described as Mucronalia varicosa)
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