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Leiopyrga lineolaris (Gould, 1861) Description: Whorls smooth and shining, rounded, sometimes sharply angled on bottom quarter. Body whorl microscopically spirally striate below the periphery. Columella smooth, outer lip thin and smooth. Umbilicus almost but not completely closed by columellar callus. Colour white, with reddish-brown axial wavy lines or zigzags of variable width and spacing. Size: Up to 12 mm high. Distribution: Endemic to Australia; Yamba, NSW, to Gabo Is, Vic. Comparison: Distinguished from Bankivia fasciata by the rounded or angled whorls and the partly open umbilicus. The reddish-brown colour pattern is fairly constant, in contrast to the variable pattern of B. fasciata. Figs. 1,2: Shoal Bay, Port Stephens, NSW (C.324368) |
