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Similiphora similior (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Triphoridae »  genus Similiphora

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Similiphora similior

Author: Bouchet, P.

Similiphora similior

Author: Jan Delsing

Similiphora similior

Author: Martins et al.

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Description

Described in French (click French flag)
Shell. The tubercles perhaps more regularly rectangular than those of Marshallora adversa, otherwise the same. Colour of animal. The body is white with many black speckles on the head, the propodium and much of the sides of the mesopodium; the tentacles are clear white.
Geographical distribution. Recorded from the western Mediterranean and Bay of Biscay, not, so far from the British Isles.
Fretter, V. and Graham, A., 1982. The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark. Part 7 - Heterogastropoda (Cerithiopcea, Triforacea, Epitoniacae, Eulimacea)
Author: Jan Delsing

Similar species

Marshallora adversa (Montagu, 1803)

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Similiphora similior (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
IT Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy [as Similiphora similior (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)]
SP Prats Pi, L. (2002): Gastròpodes marins de la cala de Binissafúller, Menorca (Illes Balears), Spira, 1(2): 21-24 [as Similiphora similior (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)]

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