Synaptocochlea picta

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Synaptocochlea picta
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Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Fossarininae
Genus: Synaptocochlea
Species:
S. picta
Binomial name
Synaptocochlea picta
(d’Orbigny, 1847) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gena asperulataA. Adams, 1850
  • Stomatella caliginosaH. & A. Adams, 1864
  • Stomatella pictad’Orbigny, 1847
  • Stomatia pictad’Orbigny, 1847 (basionym)
  • Synaptocochlea inconcinnaauct. non Pilsbry, 1921
  • Synaptocochlea lacteaUsticke, 1959
  • Synaptocochlea nigritaRehder, 1939

Synaptocochlea picta, common name the painted false stomatella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7 mm. [3]

The imperforate, oblong, blackish shell is ear-shaped. The small spire is transversely lirate with the larger and smaller lirae alternating. It is obsoletely articulated with white. The oblong aperture is very oblique and greenish white within. The black margin is crenulate. The inner lip is rather flattened. There is a narrow lunar umbilical rimation. The thin operculum is orbicular and multispiral. [4]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 713 m. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ d'Orbigny, A. 1847. Mollusques. Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2: 129-224, pls. 22-25
  2. ↑ Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  4. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
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