Varicospira cancellata

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Varicospira cancellata
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Drawing of shell of Varicospira cancellata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rostellariidae
Genus: Varicospira
Species:
V. cancellata
Binomial name
Varicospira cancellata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
  • Rimella cancellata(Lamarck, 1816)
  • Rostellaria fisurella Linnaeus, C. 1767 (nomen dubium)
  • Strombus cancellatusLamarck, 1816 (original combination)
  • Varicospira leeIredale, 1958

Varicospira cancellata, common name the cancellated beak shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Rostellariidae, the true conchs. [1]

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Description

the length of the shell attains 36 mm.

(Described as Rimella cancellata) The whorls are cancellated, occasionally varicose. The siphonal canal is produced upon the spire, which it ascends in a curved line. The interior of the outer lip is dentate. The color of the shell is pale yellowish brown, indistinctly banded with pale chestnut.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off India, in the Andaman Sea, Thailand and Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia; off Taiwan, the China Seas, Solomon Islands, off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Varicospira cancellata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531619 on 2023-01-23