Neohaustator fortilirata
Species of gastropod
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Neohaustator fortilirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[2]
| Neohaustator fortilirata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Turritellidae |
| Genus: | Neohaustator |
| Species: | N. fortilirata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neohaustator fortilirata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 78 mm, its diameter 22 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is turreted and rust-colored, transitioning to whitish towards the apex. It comprises 18 whorls, which are sloping, scarcely convex, and exhibit an angled profile below. Each whorl is encircled by four relatively thick spiral ridges. The body whorl constitutes one-third of the shell's overall length and is characterized by a biangulate form at its base. The base itself is slightly convex and features a single ridge. The aperture is subquadrate in shape. The peristome is thin, and the columella is slightly arched and narrow. [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
