04 Rissoa parva

04 Rissoa parva

Non-costate interrupta form; shells thinner than costate form; surface glossy and translucent. Whorls less convex than on costate form; giving narrower, almost straight-sided, profile.1: rounded periphery of adult. 2: slightly angulated periphery of juvenile. 3: fine suture. 4: single white line missing from cephalic tentacles of juvenile. 5: wide break at periphery in brown lines on body-whorl. 6: narrow break at periphery in brown lines on body-whorl. 7: brown lines stop at periphery; do not reach basal spiral line. 8: yellow eye patch. H. 3 mm & 1.8 mm. Menai Strait. September 2011.

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