Awateria watsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Awateria watsoni
Original drawing of a shell of Awateria watsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Awateria
Species:
A. watsoni
Binomial name
Awateria watsoni
(E. A. Smith, 1891)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Drillia) watsoni E. A. Smith, 1891 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its breadth 3.3 mm.

(Original description) This small, white shell has a short fusiform shape. It has a large smooth apex. The upper slope of the six whorls is comparatively smooth, exhibiting only a few (about 4) faint spiral lirae, and the lower portion and the greater part of the body whorl are covered with a distinct cancellation, the points of intersection of the oblique and transverse lirae being rather acutely nodulose. The sinus is moderately deep. The arcuate lip is prominent.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia.

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