FMIB 47681 Indian Deep-Sea Mollusca

Indian Deep-Sea Mollusca

A specimen of Xenophora pallidula, from the Andaman Sea, 185 fathoms.... Among the dead shells used as a fortification are--

(a) Gemmula congener (E. A. Smith, 1894) (synonym: Pleurotoma congener),

(b) Cochlespira travancorica (E. A. Smith, 1896) (synonym: Pleurotoma travancorica),

(c) Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838) † (synonym: Pleurotoma carinata), and

(d) Drillia captiva.

The dead shells utilised as building-material are not stuck on indiscriminately, but are arranged along the edge of each whorl

Subject: Turritellidae, Turridae, Shells, Xenophora, Spirotropis

Tag: Mollusks

fishing industry fisheries a naturalist in indian seas 1902 cochlespira travancorica gemmula congener illustrations of shells images from the freshwater and marine image bank littorinimorpha illustrations spirotropis carinata unidentified drilliidae xenophora pallidula nature

1896

English: Alcock, Alfred W. (1902) Naturalist in Indian Seas : or, Four Years with the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator', New York City, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co.

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