Ginebis argenteonitens
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| Ginebis argenteonitens | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Ginebis argenteonitens (Lischke, 1872) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Calliotropidae |
| Genus: | Ginebis |
| Species: | G. argenteonitens |
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| Ginebis argenteonitens (Lischke, 1872)[1] | |
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Ginebis argenteonitens is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliotropidae.[2]
The size of the shell varies between 37 mm and 60 mm. The thin, imperforate, yellowish shell has a conoidal shape. Its apex is acute. It is beautifully iridescent, the underlying nacre shining through. The eight whorls are a little convex. They are obsoletely sculptured with incremental striae. The suture has a series of fine short folds on each side. Three last whorls are covered with a median series of tubercles. The aperture covers almost half the entire altitude. The body whorl is encircled by an acute compressed carina at the base. The base of the shell is very convex, with 8 narrow crenulated spiral lirae, the first 3 separated, the rest closer. The aperture is rounded-subquadrate. The columella is sinuous, and brilliantly pearly.[3]
