Species of gastropod
Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[2]
Description
The height of the shell attains 8 mm.
The imperforate, dull white shell has an ovate-conic, subventricose shape. The apex rather obtuse. The shell is ornamented with strong spiral subnodose ribs, decussated by elevated rib-striae cutting the interstices into square pits, of which there are 3 or 4 series on the third whorl, 4 on the penultimate, and 7 on the last. The five whorls are rounded and separated by a deep, subcanaliculate suture. The oblique aperture is rounded, and sub-pearly. The outer lip is duplicate. It has an acute edge. it is crenulated, and sulcate inside. The simple columella is vertical.[3]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion; also off New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Philippines.
References
- ^ Souv., Journ. de Conchyl. 1866, p. 140, t.11, f. 9
- ^ a b Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1–228. page(s): 47
- Herbert D.G. (1996) A critical review of the trochoidean types in the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Bordeaux (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 18 (A, 3-4): 409–445.
- Vilvens, C. (2017). New species and new records of Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) from the Pacific Ocean. Novapex, Hors Série. 11: 1-67
External links
- Souverbie [S.-M. & Montrouzier [X.]. (1866). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 14: 138-151, pl. 6]
- "Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
