Curtitoma novajasemljensis (Leche 1878)

Curtitoma novajasemljensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4.9 mm and 33 mm.

The shell has a yellowish ash-color. It is finely and equally decussated by longitudinal and revolving lines. The whorls show a narrow shoulder.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Canadian Arctic waters; on the continental shelf of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea^[3]

References

• Leche, W. (1878) Ofversight ofver de af Svenska Expeditionema till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 issamlade Hafs-Mollusker. Handlingar Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens, 16 (2) : 1–86
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213