Savatieria coppingeri

Savatieria coppingeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.[1]

Savatieria coppingeri
Original image of a shell of Savatieria coppingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Savatieria
Species:
S. coppingeri
Binomial name
Savatieria coppingeri
(E. A. Smith, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia coppingeri (E.A. Smith, 1881)
  • Pleurotoma (Mangilia) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1881 (original combination)
  • Savatieria (Savatieria) frigida Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Savatieria dubia Strebel, 1905
  • Savatieria frigida Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Savatieria pfefferi Strebel, 1905

Description

The length of the shell attains 6⅓ mm, its diameter 2⅓ mm.

(Original description) The small shell has an elongate and subfusiform shape. It is dark purplish brown, paler at the apex. It contains 6½ whorls, divided by a deep suture ; the first 1½ forming the protoconch, large, semiglobose and smooth. The rest are slightly convex and longitudinally ribbed. The ribs are stout, broader than the interstices, suberect, a little arcuated. Those on the body whorl become obsolete a trifle below the middle, whence downward the whorl is transversely finely striated, the striae at the extremity being closer together than those above. The aperture is small, ovate, occupying about one third of the entire length. The columella is arcuate, covered with a thin callosity. The outer lip is thickened, with a very faint sinus a little below the suture. The siphonal canal is short, distinct and oblique.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Patagonia, Chile

References
  1. Sartori, André F.; Fraussen, K. (2014). Savatieria coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491344 on 2017-08-21
  2. E.A. Smith (1881), .Account of the Zoological Collections made during the Survey of H.M.S. ‘Alert’ in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1881) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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