Amaea woodi


Amaea woodi is a very rare extinct species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 14 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 5 mm.
A shell significantly smaller than the typicalClathroscala cancellata, elongated and tapering to a fine point, smooth, thin and fragile. It features 9 or 10 slightly convex whorls, adorned with fine, closely packed, longitudinal ribs and delicate transverse striations, both of which terminate abruptly at the peristome. The suture is deep. The aperture is subcircular, and the peristome is continuous.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in the harbour of Antwerp, Belgium; it was originally found in the Coralline Crag Formation, East Anglia, Great Britain.