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Arene tamsii
Arene tamsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae.
From the article Arene tamsii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shell can grow to be 4.4 mm in length. (Original description in Latin) The shell is cone-shaped, acute, and sub-perforate (having a very small or partly closed umbilicus). Its color is black or dark purple, variegated with oblique white spots or streaks. The whorls are slightly convex. The superior whorls are possess one keel. The body whorl possesses two keels. All keels are very blunt. The base is convex and hollow in the center (referring to the umbilicus/perforation). The aperture is rhomboid-orbicular (diamond-shaped to nearly circular). The columella is oblique and terminates in a strong tooth.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1372376.