Burnupena catarrhacta

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Burnupena catarrhacta
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Apertural view of a shell of Burnupena catarrhacta (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Burnupena
Species:
B. catarrhacta
Binomial name
Burnupena catarrhacta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum catarrhactaGmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Buccinum delalandiiKiener, 1834
  • Buccinum dunkeriKüster, 1858
  • Burnupena delalandii(Kiener, 1834)
  • Burnupena dunkeri(Küster, 1858)
  • Fusus lineolatusDunker in Philippi, 1844 (Invalid: junior homonym of Fusus lineolatusCosta; 1840; Buccinum dunkeriKüster, 1858, is a replacement name)

Burnupena catarrhacta, common name the flame-patterned burnupena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.

The ovate shell is elongated and subturrited. The external surface is of a bluish ash color, marked with very fine, close striae. It is also ornamented with longitudinal undulated bands or flames, formed by lines more or less approximated. The epidermis is greenish. The slightly pointed spire is composed of six whorls, which are slightly convex, and united by a pretty delicate regular suture. The aperture is oblong ovate and effuse towards the base. The outer lip is smooth and white, marked interiorly, at a short distance from the edge, with sixteen or eighteen transverse striae of a reddish brown. The columella is slightly arched and whitish. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the West Coast of South Africa.

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