Vaceuchelus semilugubris
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| Drawing with an apertural view of the shell of Vaceuchelus semilugubris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
| Species: | V. semilugubris
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| Vaceuchelus semilugubris | |
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Vaceuchelus semilugubris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2][3]
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.
References
- ^ Deshayes, Conch, de Ile de la Réunion, p. 72, pi. 9, f. 9, 10.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Leptothyra semilugubris)