Image of Melanodrymiidae Salvini-Plawen & Steiner 1995
Description:
Melanodrymia aurantiaca has a moderately large protoconch entirely covered with irregular reticulate sculpture, giving it a grainy appearance when viewed under a light microscope. The aperture is deeply sinuous and there is a broad ridge or bump at the anterior edge of the shell above the aperture.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Neomphaloidea
- Melanodrymiidae
- Melanodrymia
- Melanodrymia aurantiaca
- Neomphalina
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- Susan Mills
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- Diane Adams
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