Plastiscala verconis
(Cotton, 1938)
Description:
Dimensions range from 8 mm - 8 mm high and 3 mm wide.
Width to height ratio: 0.38:1 ~ 0.38:1
Shell: elongate conical; small. Exterior colour whiteish. About 9 whorls; protoconch with ~1.5 whorls smooth, mamillate; teleoconch with ~7 whorls weakly sculptured with costae. Imperforate. Approximately 24 costae on the body whorl. Costae are low, sharp and crossed with concentric striae. There are 1 varices on each whorl. Intercostal spaces crossed by numerous spiral lirae. Aperture subrotund.
Distribution:
Reevesby Island, South Australia, [Cotton, 1939:172]
Habitat:
in shell sand [Cotton, 1939:172]
Etymology:
Presumably named for Joseph Verco, a noted Australian malacologist and mentor to BC Cotton
Type Material:
Holotype: SM D.13300 for Plastiscala verconis (Cotton, 1938) - Locality: Reevesby Island, South Australia, in shell sand. [Brown, L. & Neville, B.D., 2015]
Cotton, B. C. (1939). Plate VII. Fig. 5.
Distribution
as listed in source literature
Cotton, B. C. (1939).
Plate VII. Fig. 5.
pp: 172.
Kaicher, S.D. (1980).
