Scrinium furtivum

Scrinium furtivum
Original image of a shell of Scrinium furtivum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Scrinium
Species:	S. furtivum
Binomial name
Scrinium furtivum Hedley, 1922

Scrinium furtivum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, with a diameter of 3 mm.

(Original description) The small, very solid shell is ovate-oblong and rounded at either end. It contains six whorls, two forming the low protoconch, convex, and slightly constricted below the deeply impressed suture. Its color is vinaceous-buff, sometimes with a white zone of its own breadth below the suture, and half a dozen evenly spaced narrow white lines on the remainder of the whorl. The color of the columella is terra-cotta, and the aperture is orange-cinnamon with a buff zone.

Sculpture: In general, the shell is smooth. On the upper whorls, about ten low nodular ribs are scarcely distinguishable. The lines of growth are marked by numerous irregular scratches. A few evanescent spiral grooves may or may not appear on the body whorl. The aperture is wide and smooth within. The outer lip is simple. The sinus is represented by an arch at the summit. The inner lip has a thin callus, which at the basal axis meets at an acute angle with a thicker callus that rises to form a reflected border to the short and very broad siphonal canal. The columella is vertical, flattened, and slightly twisted. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Scrinium furtivum Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434882 on 2018-04-19
2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.