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Tiberia minuscula (Monterosato, 1880) |
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Canarias to Mediterranean. Ectoparasit in bathyal depths. Original taxon: Pyramidella minuscula. Synonyms: mediterranea, minusculoides, octaviana… Shell conical, smooth, glossy, white, girded with a fawn-coloured band; whorls 5 to 6, rather flat, except the last one, which shows a very rounded base; the columellar tooth is conspicuous. There is some obscurity in the differentiation of minuscula-like species present in the Northeast Atlantic: whorls more or less flat, with or without spiral band… 400m deep, off Civitavecchia, Roma, lazio, W. Italy. 5,65mm. |
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The umbilicus, which is shared by all the members of the genus. |
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