Aphera lindae

Aphera lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Aphera lindae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Aphera
Species:
A. lindae
Binomial name
Aphera lindae
Petuch, 1987

Description

Original description: "Shell solid, thickened, oval-elliptical in shape, shiny; entire shell surface covered with numerous fine axial ribs and numerous fine spiral cords; axial ribs and spiral cords of equal size, intersecting to produce finely cancellate sculpture; columella wide, reflected onto body whorl as polished enameled area; columella with 2 large, equal-sized plications; edge of lip crenulated; interior of aperture with 15 lirae which disappear farther inside; color pure white with single large pale tan patch on dorsum; interior of aperture and columella white."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."[3]

References
  1. Aphera lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 110. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 110. Publ: CERF


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