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Harasewychia harasewychi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

Original description: "General shell form and color for genus; shoulder and spire whorls sharply-angled, giving shell tabulate appearance; periphery of shoulder with one strong, carina-like cord; 15-17 thin, evenly-spaced axial ribs per whorl; ribs overlaid by 10 large spiral cords; large, knoblike bead produced at intersection of axial and spiral cords; fine spiral threads between large spiral cords and on siphonal canal; sloping area between shoulder cord and suture without coarse sculpture."

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Near Los Monges Island, mouth of the Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela."

References

1. Harasewychia harasewychi Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 101. Publ: CERF
3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 101. Publ: CERF

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