| Vaceuchelus clathratus | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Vaceuchelus clathratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
| Species: | V. clathratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853) | |
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Vaceuchelus clathratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 6½ mm. The dull white, imperforate shell has an ovate-conic, subventricose shape. The apex is 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, rounded whorls are separated by a deep, subcanaliculate suture. The rounded, almost pearly aperture is oblique. The outer lip is duplicate. Its edge is acute, crenulated, and sulcate inside. The simple columella is vertical.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; off the Philippines, New Caledonia and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559696 on 2013-04-14
- Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
- Adams, A. (1853). Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 150-192
- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species
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| Vaceuchelus clathratus | |