Mikadotrochus salmianus

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Mikadotrochus salmianus
Mikadotrochus salmianus neocaledonicus (MNHN-IM-2010-11358).jpeg
Shell of Mikadotrochus salmianus neocaledonicus (paratype at MNHN. Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Mikadotrochus
Species:
M. salmianus
Binomial name
Mikadotrochus salmianus
(Rolle, 1899) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Mikadotrochus schmalzi Shikama, 1961 [3]
  • Pleurotomaria salmianaRolle, 1899 [1]

Mikadotrochus salmianus, common name the Salmiana slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails. [2]

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Description

The shell is broadly trochiform, almost conical in shape. The shell is false umbilicus and spirally twisted on all sides. The shell is off-white in color with blazed red spirals. It is almost exactly conical with a broken or flattened tip. It is surrounded on all sides with furrows or traces of growth. [5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, Fiji Islands and the Philippines.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rolle, Hermann (1899). Eine neue Pleurotomaria. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologische Gesellschaft. 31(3/4) 62; (11/12): 161–164, 1 p
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Mikadotrochus salmianus (Rolle, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467984 Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine on 2013-02-16
  3. ↑ 鹿間時夫. "銚子沖産長者貝 salmiana について." 貝類学雑誌ヴヰナス 21.4 (1961): 500-506. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjma/21/4/21_KJ00004339269/_article/-char/ja/
  4. ↑ Anseeuw P. (2016). Two new pleurotomariid subspecies from the South Pacific (Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae). Visaya. 4(5): 43-57. https://www.vliz.be/en/catalogue?module=ref&refid=305033
  5. ↑ Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft; Gesellschaft, Deutsche Malakozoologische (1897). Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. Vol. 29. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag W. Küchler.


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