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Belloliva
triticea
(Duclos, 1835) Description: Shell tall and slender, glossy, whorls rounded, sutures deeply
channeled, aperture one-third to one-half of total shell length.
Outer lip of aperture smooth inside and out.
Posterior canal deep, forming the channeled suture.
Anterior canal short and wide.
Columella smooth, concave, with a strong plait at the bottom.
Fasciolar band thickly calloused, white, with a sharp edge commencing
adjacent to centre of aperture. Protoconch
and early spire whorls white; rest of shell covered with spiral bands of
brown patches, variable in shape, often square or chevron shaped; two
bands visible on spire whorls, three on body whorl.
Patches in upper row often joined to make continuous brown band.
Operculum horny, large, filling the entire aperture.
Size:
Up to 11 mm in length. Distribution: Endemic to Habitat:
Occasionally taken as empty beach shells, but lives subtidally,
down to 100 metres. Uncommon. Figs. 1,2: Sydney Harbour (C.331031) |
