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Pleurotomella Perpauxilla
''Pleurotomella perpauxilla'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm. (Original description) The white shell is very small, high and narrow, ribbed and spiralled. It has with convex Whorl (mollusc), whorls, a small elongated regular body, impressed suture, a high, conical, small-tipped Spire (mollusc), spire, a rounded base, and a small, longish, triangular, one-sided Aperture (mollusc), aperture. Sculpture (mollusc), Sculpture: Longitudinals – there are on the latter whorls about 9 biggish flatly rounded ribs, parted by equally broad open rounded furrows. In the upper whorls they barely reach the lower suture. On the body whorl they hardly extend to the base. They originate at a shoulder below the sinus-area. They are thus very short. The lines of growth are very faint, except in the sinus-area, where, round the top o£ the whorls, the old sinus-scars form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Boog Watson
Robert Boog Watson FRSE (26 September 1823 – 23 June 1910) was a Scottish malacologist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland best known as the author of the report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected during the H.M.S. ''Challenger'' expedition to survey the world's oceans from 1873 to 1876. Watson also described various Opisthobranchia from Madeira. Life He was born in Burntisland in Fife, the son of the Rev Dr Charles Watson DD (1794-1866) of Burntisland and Isabella Boog. His brother, Sir Patrick Heron Watson was an eminent surgeon and a pioneer of modern dentistry. The family moved permanently to Edinburgh around 1840, living at 19 Royal Terrace on Calton Hill. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy. He served as Chaplain to the Highland Brigade during the Crimean War, and later in Madeira. In 1858 he was living with his wife in Bombay in India. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1862. During his stay in Edinburgh he lived wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
