Vaceuchelus semilugubris

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Vaceuchelus semilugubris
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Drawing with an apertural view of the shell of Vaceuchelus semilugubris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species:
V. semilugubris
Binomial name
Vaceuchelus semilugubris
(Deshayes, 1863) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Leptothyra semilugubris(Deshayes, 1863)
  • Turbo semilugubrisDeshayes, 1863

Vaceuchelus semilugubris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. [2] [3]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 3.5 mm. The small shell has a turbinate, subglobose shape. Its color is white, marbled with black. The spire is somewhat obtuse. The five whorls are declivous above and spirally deeply sulcate. The sulci are subgranulose. The body whorl is large with a perforate base. The very oblique aperture is circular and pearly within. The flat columella is arcuate and truncate anteriorly. [4]

Distribution

This marine shell occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and Mauritius.

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References

  1. Deshayes, Conch, de Ile de la Réunion, p. 72, pi. 9, f. 9, 10.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus semilugubris (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547174 on 2013-04-14
  3. 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.
  4. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Leptothyra semilugubris)