Cidarina cidaris

Cidarina cidaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Calliotropidae
Genus:	Cidarina
Species:	C. cidaris
Binomial name
	Cidarina cidaris; (Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms
	Cidarina cidaris Adams, A., 1864; Lischkeia cidaris (Carpenter, 1864); Margarita cidaris Carpenter, 1864;

Cidarina cidaris, common name Adam's spiny margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The height of the gray to grayish white shell attains 20 mm.

(Original description in Latin by Carpenter) "Testa magna, conica, Turcicoidea, tenui ; albido-cinerea, nacreo-argentata ; anfr. nucleosis —? (decollatis), norm, vii, subplanatis, suturis alte insculptis ; superficie spirae tota valide tuberculosa, seriebus tribus, alteris postea intercalantibus; peripheria et basi rotundatis, carinatis; carinis circ. 8, haud acutis, irregularibus, scabris, haud tuberculosis; lacuna umbilicali vix conspicua ; apertura subrotundata ; labro tenuissimo; labio obsoleto ; columella arcuata. "

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.

References

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cidarina cidaris (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528712 on 2013-04-14
^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

Carpenter (1864), Ann. and Mag. N. H. xiv (3d ser.), p. 426.

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[WoRMS-1] Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cidarina cidaris (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528712 on 2013-04-14

[2] Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

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