Amaea magnifica
Amaea magnifica is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.
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Description
The length of the shell attains 103 mm. (Original description in Latin) The very thin, delicate, elongated shell is imperforate and is spirally encircled with numerous fine raised ribs, featuring a prominent larger rib near the lower part of the whorls. The thin lamellae are irregularly spaced. The whorls are somewhat numerous, swollen, and slightly elevated near the deep suture. Varices are exceedingly rare. The shell's color is predominantly white, delicately tinged with pale purple and yellowish hues.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 959581.