Stilifer birtsi

Stilifer birtsi
Shell of Stilifer birtsi (syntype at the Swedish Museum of Natural History)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Stilifer
Species:
S. birtsi
Binomial name
Stilifer birtsi
(Preston, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Mucronalia birtsi Preston, 1904

Stilifer birtsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Stilifer.

Description

(Original description) The fusiform shell is rather attenuated, smooth, polished, and semi-transparent white. It has nine convex whorls; the apex is strongly mucronate, and the suture is slightly channelled. The aperture is inversely auriform, the columella is twisted, and the peristome is simple.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ↑ (Preston, 1904). Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536100 on 2013-02-20.
  2. ↑ Preston, H.B. (1904). ". Description of some new species of Cingalese and Indian marine shells". Journal of Malacology. 11 (4): 77. Retrieved 6 October 2026.