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Genus Christianoconcha Iredale, 1945

Pinhead Snails


Compiler and date details

October 2013 - Dr John Stanisic

 

Introduction

Christianoconcha is a Norfolk Island endemic and is distinguished from Paralaoma and Semilaoma by the presence of more regular coiling, deeper sutures and more regular sculpture.

 

Diagnosis

Shell very small, depressedly turbinate with a low spire; whorls rounded, sutures impressed; protoconch with fine spiral lirae, teleoconch sculpture of closely to widely spaced radial ribs and fine crowded spiral lirae; two parietal lamellae in the aperture, or lamellae absent; umbilicus wide U-shaped.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014 PUNCTOIDEA 06-Feb-2014 MODIFIED Dr John Stanisic
12-Feb-2010 (import)