Vaceuchelus favosus

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Vaceuchelus favosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species:
V. favosus
Binomial name
Vaceuchelus favosus
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Euchelus favosusMelvill & Standen, 1896
  • Vaceuchelus saguiliPoppe, Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006

Vaceuchelus favosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontaidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 2.6 mm (0.10 in). The shell lacks apertural dentition.

The shell is very small, but most beautiful in sculpture. It is pure white. Ithe shell contains four whorls, including the depressed apex. The sutures are deeply canaliculate. The second and third whorls are twice, the last six times keeled, including the spiral keel round the umbilicus. These keels are longitudinally joined by stout lirae, the interstices being honeycombed. The carinse are most elegantly sharply crenulate all round. The aperture is round. The outer lip is rough with the edges of the keels, within smooth. [3]

Distribution

This is a poorly known marine species from the Loyalty Islands.

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References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus favosus (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547172 on 2013-04-14
  2. ↑ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
  3. ↑ Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. (1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology. 8(9): 273-315
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