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Urosalpinx cala

(Pilsbry, 1897)
Drupa Blanca

Family: Muricidae
Order: Neogastropoda
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Urosalpinx cala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

 The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm, its maximum diameter 5.8 mm.

Original description:

The fusiform shell is solid and thick. It is of a dirty white color. It contains fully 6½ or 7 convex whorls.

Sculpture: prominent longitudinal folds, which are strong but rounded and wavelike, the intervals like the folds reversed. They number 9 to 10 on the body whorl, and about the same number on the preceding whorl. These are crossed by rounded spiral threads which are somewhat lamellose from the fine growth-strise. There are about 13 or 14 principal spirals, but in the region of the periphery five or six of the intervals are occupied by minor threads.

The aperture measures one-half the total length of shell. The aperture is small, long-oval. Passing below into a very narrow, parallel-sided siphonal canal nearly as long as the open oval portion. The outer lip is thickened and 7-toothed within. The siphonal fasciole is conspicuous, convex and leaving a narrow umbilical chink.


Distribution: This marine species occurs off Uruguay

Source: Wikipedia, article Urosalpinx cala. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
141204525/07/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar del PlataNicolas Olejnik
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Urosalpinx cala – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.