Alocospira rosea Macpherson, 1959

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Alocospira rosea

General description:

Distribution: Central Indo-Pacific realm. Northeast Australian Shelf province, Sahul Shelf province, Temperate Australasia realm. East Central Australian Shelf province (Cape Moreton area, Qeensland)

Monte Bello Island, Western Australia, to north Queensland (Wilson, 1994).

RV 6904. Australia, Queensland, E of Brisbane, Cape Moreton; trawled offshore. Scale bar is 1 cm.

Distribution:

Central Indo-Pacific realm. Northeast Australian Shelf province, Sahul Shelf province, Northeast Australian Shelf province.

Monte Bello Island, Western Australia, to north Queensland (Wilson, 1994).

Mon, 2014-11-10 16:52 -- ron_voskuil
Alocospira rosea

Original description(s):

"Shell acuminate, elongate, fusiform, whorls seven including two nuclear; mouth slightly longer than the spire; colour light pink fading to white at the base of the body whorl, sutural band and columella callosity flesh coloured; spire ornamented with five, distinct, encircling cords which commenced above the outer lip; aperture elongate, ovate; outer lip thin; columella twisted; operculum large, thin, horn-coloured. Measurements of type. 14 mm. long, 9 mm. ide.". Recent. Green Island, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Tue, 2015-09-08 14:17 -- ron_voskuil