Ancilla pura
Original description(s):
"Testa anguste ovata, solidiuscula, alba; spira exserta, subacuminata,sutura parum callosa; anfractus 4, levissime convexi; ultimus elongatus, aliquanto inflatus, infra medium baltea callosa latiuscula munita, supra balteam sulca partim caelatam cincta; columella abbreviata, contorta, plicata; apertura subampla. Long. 21, diam. maj. 9 millim.; apert. long. 14, lat. 4. A pure white shell, of simple character, much narrower than A. fulva and allied species.". Recent. Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
General description:
RV 5477. South Africa, West Cape, False Bay, dredged, depth 45 m, on sand, dead, July 1993. Scale bar is 1 cm. Morph described as Ancilla pura Sowerby, 1892.