Английская Википедия:Awateria watsoni
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Awateria watsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its breadth 3.3 mm.
(Original description) This small, white shell has a short fusiform shape. It has a large smooth apex. The upper slope of the six whorls is comparatively smooth, exhibiting only a few (about 4) faint spiral lirae, and the lower portion and the greater part of the body whorl are covered with a distinct cancellation, the points of intersection of the oblique and transverse lirae being rather acutely nodulose. The sinus is moderately deep. The arcuate lip is prominent.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2015). Awateria watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1891). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433096 on 10 February 2016
- ↑ Smith, E. A. (1891b) Descriptions of new species of shells from the ‛Challenger’ expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891, 436–445, pls. 34–35.
