| Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
| Species: | V. scrobiculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1886) [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontidae. [2]
The height of the shell attains 8 mm. The imperforate, dull white shell has an ovate-conic, subventricose shape. The apex rather obtuse. The shell is ornamented with strong spiral subnodose ribs, decussated by elevated rib-striae cutting the interstices into square pits, of which there are 3 or 4 series on the third whorl, 4 on the penultimate, and 7 on the last. The five whorls are rounded and separated by a deep, subcanaliculate suture. The oblique aperture is rounded, and sub-pearly. The outer lip is duplicate. It has an acute edge. it is crenulated, and sulcate inside. The simple columella is vertical. [3]
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion; also off New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Philippines.
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