Sabinella opalina
| Sabinella opalina | |
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| Shell of Sabinella opalina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Sabinella |
| Species: | S. opalina |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabinella opalina (de Folin, 1867) | |
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Sabinella opalina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
Description
[edit](Original description) The imperforate shell is rather elongate. It is opaque, shining, opaline, and darkly spotted with red. The spire is conic, attenuated, and tapering to a subacute apex. The 10 whorls increase slowly in diameter and are united by a simple suture; the body whorl is equal to one-third the altitude of the entire shell and is strongly depressed at the base. The aperture is subquadrate, the margin is slightly thickened, and the columella is reflected.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs off Negritos Islands Biological Reserve, Costa Rica.
References
[edit]- ↑ Sabinella opalina (de Folin, 1867). 1 October 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Bartsch, P. (1917). "A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53 (2207): 335. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
External links
[edit]- Folin, L. de (1867). "Les méléagrinicoles. Espéces nouvelles". Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études Diverses. 33: 105. Retrieved 1 October 2026.