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Alexania globula

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Alexania globula
Shell of Alexania globula (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Alexania
Species:
A. globula
Binomial name
Alexania globula
(Angas, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Amauropsis globulus Angas, 1880 superseded combination
  • Pellilitorina globula (Angas, 1880) superseded combination
  • Problitora globula (Angas, 1880) superseded combination

Alexania globula is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Description

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(Original description) The rimate shell is globosely turbinate. It is rather thin, and shiny, with an orange horn color that becomes much paler on the body whorl near the aperture. It has 4 convex whorls, with two narrow, raised concentric keels on the subapical whorl. The body whorl is very large and nearly smooth, marked by a few descending growth lines, crossed sporadically by extremely fine, delicate, closely set concentric striae, visible only under magnification. The aperture is semilunar, with a thin, simple, and arcuate outer lip. The columella is slightly thickened and expanded over the umbilicus.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alexania globula (Angas, 1880). 8 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Angas, G.F. (1880). "Further additions to the marine molluscan fauna of South Australia, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 415–417. Retrieved 8 August 2024.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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