Stilifer guentheri 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.(Angas, 1877). 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=536097 on 2013-02-21.
Description (Original description) The thin shell is globose-subulate, subpellucid, shining, horn-coloured, very finely longitudinally striated, and, under the lens, minutely transversely striate on the upper whorls; The shell contains seven whorls . These are very slightly convex and flattened immediately below the sutures; the large body whorl is inflated, and hardly subangulate at the periphery; apical whorls of the spire absent; the sutures are impressed; the aperture is semilunar, pointed behind and rounded in front; the columellar margin is arcuate and thickened towards the base; the outer lip is thin, simple, rounded, and slightly flattened above.
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius; also off Australia (New South Wales)
References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
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