Apispiralia albocincta
Apispiralia albocincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Apispiralia albocincta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Apispiralia |
| Species: | A. albocincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Apispiralia albocincta (Angas, 1871) | |
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Description
The moderately solid shell is reddish brown, with a rather broad white band on the middle of the body whorl, visible on the spire. The outer lip is thickened and dentate within.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales
References
- WoRMS (2015). Apispiralia albocincta (Angas, 1871). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433039 on 2017-03-08
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Angas G.F. (1871) Description of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1871: 13–21, pl. 1
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
- Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
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