Ophiodermella inermis
| Ophiodermella inermis | |
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| Apertural view of Ophiodermella inermis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae [1] |
| Genus: | Ophiodermella |
| Species: | O. inermis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiodermella inermis (Reeve, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ophiodermella inermis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 40 mm.
The shell is pinkish ash-colored under a light olivaceous epidermis. The lines of growth are sometimes rib-like, oblique and angulated at the periphery and lighter-colored, so that the interspaces appear like angulated lines of chestnut or reddish narrow stripes. The whole surface is covered by close revolving incised lines. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to California.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ophiodermella inermis (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 182; 1884 (described as Drillia incisa)
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