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Aphera lindae

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Aphera lindae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Aphera
Species:
A. lindae
Binomial name
Aphera lindae
Petuch, 1987

Aphera lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

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Original description: "Shell solid, thickened, oval-elliptical in shape, shiny; entire shell surface covered with numerous fine axial ribs and numerous fine spiral cords; axial ribs and spiral cords of equal size, intersecting to produce finely cancellate sculpture; columella wide, reflected onto body whorl as polished enameled area; columella with 2 large, equal-sized plications; edge of lip crenulated; interior of aperture with 15 lirae which disappear farther inside; color pure white with single large pale tan patch on dorsum; interior of aperture and columella white."[2]

Distribution

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Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Aphera lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  2. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 110. Publ: CERF
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 110. Publ: CERF