Synaptocochlea picta

Synaptocochlea picta
Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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]

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. 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

• Adams, A. 1850. An arrangement of Stomatellidae, including the characters of a new genus, and of several new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18: 29–40.
• Adams, H. and A. Adams. 1864. Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 31: 428–435.
• Rehder, H. A. 1939. New marine mollusks from the Western Atlantic. Nautilus 53: 16–21, pl. 6
• Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix. vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• "Synaptocochlea picta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.