Nodicostellaria laterculata

Nodicostellaria laterculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The fusiform shell is cancellated. The spire is as long as the aperture. The whorls are angular. The body whorl is acuminated anteriorly, ornamented in the middle with a broad band bordered at each edge with tile-like spots. The aperture is ridged within.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

References

• Melvill, J. C. (1925). Description of nine new species of Mitridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 16(5): 215-219, pl. 10.

External links

• Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.