Hypermastus randolphi

Hypermastus randolphi
Original drawing of a shell of Hypermastus randolphi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Hypermastus
Species:	H. randolphi
Binomial name
Hypermastus randolphi Vanatta, 1900
Synonyms
Balcis randolphi(Vanatta, 1900) superseded combination Eulima californica Bartsch, 1917 Eulima randolphi Vanatta, 1900 Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 Melanella randolphi Vanatta, 1900 Strombiformis californica Bartsch, 1917

Hypermastus randolphi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. Bartsch and Vanatta are the major contributors to the taxonomic synonymy of this species of Caenogastropoda. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Description

The legnth of the shell attains 6 mm, its maximum diameter 2.3 mm, the length of the aperture 2.1 mm, breadth 1,1 mm, diameter of the apex3 mm.

(Original description) The smooth shell is rather slender and shining. It is bluish white when empty, but when the animal is dried in, the spire is orange colored above, pink in the middle with sometimes a slight yellowish band on the body whorl, opaque. The outlines of the spire are straight and conical. The protoconch is blunt, rounded, of moderate size. The suture is impressed. There are no varices.

The shell consists of seven or eight whorls. The body whorl is ovate, the whorls of the spire are a little convex. The aperture is ovate. The outer lipis sloping to the right, nearly straight; in profile it is moderately arched forward below and sometimes retracted very slightly above. The columella is slender, concave below, convex above, forming an angle with the convex parietal wall. The parietal callus is very thin. ^[5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Alaska.

References

1. Vanatta, 1900. Warén A. & Crossland M.R. (1991) Revision of Hypermastus Pilsbry, 1899 and Turveria Berry, 1956 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Eulimidae), two genera parasitic on sand dollars. Records of the Australian Museum 43(1):85-112. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536324 on 2013-03-13.
2. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN   1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 89
3. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.
4. Gulbin V.V. & Chaban E.M. (2012) Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 15-16: 5–30.
5. Vanatta E.G. (1900). West American Eulimidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. 51: 254-257 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Bartsch, P. (1917). A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53(2207): 295-356, pl. 34-49
• Warén A. & Crossland M.R.B. (1991). Revision of Hypermastus Pilsbry, 1899 and Turveria (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Eulimidae), two genera parasitic on sand dollars. Records of the Australian Museum. 43(1): 85-112