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Gracilancilla lindae

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Gracilancilla lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]

Description

Original description: "Shell very thin and fragile, very elongated with extremely protracted spire; shell without shoulder, fusiform; aperture elongated, narrow; anterior one-fourth of shell with separate enameled area; protoconch extremely large in proportion to shell size, rounded, dome-like; color pale cream-white, highly polished; columella with 2 plications; interior of aperture pale cream-white."[3]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Punto Fijo, Paraguana Peninsula,
Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela."[4]

References

  1. ^ Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Gracilancilla lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF
  4. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF
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Gracilancilla lindae: Brief Summary

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Gracilancilla lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.

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