Duplicaria propelevis

Taxobox
name = "Duplicaria propelevis"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Littorinimorpha
cohort = Neogastropoda
superfamilia = Conoidea
familia = Terebridae
genus = "Duplicaria"
species = "D. propelevis"
binomial = "Duplicaria propelevis"
binomial_authority = (Ponder, 1968)

"Duplicaria propelevis" is a small species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.

hell description

The shell is small for the genus, very tall and slender, with axial sculpture subobsolete. The last three whorls are quite smooth, and there is no spiral sculpture.

The external shell coloration is a pale yellowish-brown.

The shell height is up to 11 mm, and the maximum width is 2.75 mm.

Anatomy

Members of this genus have a radula which has simple, curved, non-barbed marginal teeth.

External links

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1