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Haedropleura continua

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Species of gastropod

Haedropleura continua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Haedropleura
Species: H. continua
Binomial name
Haedropleura continua
(Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1903)
Synonyms

Drillia continua Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1903

Haedropleura continua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Description

The length of the fusiform shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.75 mm. It contains 10½ whorls, of which 1½ in the protoconch.

This species is conspicuous for its exactly continuous longitudinal ribs, those of whorl succeeding whorl descending in a perfectly straight line to the base. These whorls are slightly once-angled beyond the centre. The whole surface is white, with a slight ochreous tinge, and smooth

Distribution

This species occurs in the Persian Gulf.

References

  1. Melvill & Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

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