Elachorbis tatei
Elachorbis tatei is a species of minute sea snail with an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tornidae.[1]
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Distribution
This species can be found along the coast of Western Australia and South Australia in shallow waters and in depths up to 150 fathoms (or 275 m).
Apical view of a shell of Elachorbis tatei
Description
The small shell varies in thickness. It possesses two coarse, spiral keels (a spiral ridge usually marking a change of slope in the outline of the shell) that can vary in strength or even be obsolete. The shell has a wide perspective umbilicus, and a discontinuous peristome.
gollark: I should probably build something like that into ABR.
gollark: Oh, and submit your songs for OIR:EM review, inevitably.
gollark: In what way?
gollark: Or, I guess, giving them access to a shared folder (via syncthing or ??? rsync) to submit tracks.
gollark: The best I could do for OIR:EM delegation is having people forward songs to me for review, but I might just forget to.
References
- "Elachorbis tatei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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