Vanikoro gueriniana

Vanikoro gueriniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Vanikoridae
Genus:	Vanikoro
Species:	V. gueriniana
Binomial name
Vanikoro gueriniana (Récluz, 1845)
Synonyms
Narica distansRécluz, 1844 (original combination) Narica guerinianaRécluz, 1844 (original combination) Vanikoro distans(Récluz, 1844)

Vanikoro gueriniana is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vanikoridae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is orbicular-ovate, flattened, somewhat cone-shaped, flat underneath and thick It is yellowish-white, and has oblique ribs. The ribs are rounded with larger grooves, sometimes equal. It is elegantly encircled by very frequent transverse lines. The spire is semi-globose and somewhat blunt. The aperture is semi-lunar and open. The umbilicus is widened on the outside, and expanded into a wide, semi-spherical channel that is angled on the outside. The columella is straight, and has an indistinct channel above it. The outer lip is thick, rounded, somewhat sharp, and its inner margin is indistinctly striated. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Mascarene Basin; also off the Philippines and the Marshall Islands.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Vanikoro gueriniana. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=703828 on 2015-10-26}
2. Récluz, C.A. (1844). "Monographie du genre Narica". Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 7 (1): 7. Retrieved 26 August 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Wilson, B.R. (1993). Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Part 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia. 408 pp.
• Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
• Hasegawa K. (2017). Superfamily Vanikoroidea. Pp. 820-823, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 p

External links

• Smith, E.A. (1908). "On the known Recent species of the genus Vanikoro, Quoy & Gaimard". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 108.
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