Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus

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

Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus
Drawing of a shell of Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
Chilodontidae
Genus:
Vaceuchelus
Species:
V. scrobiculatus
Binomial name
Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus
(Souverbie, 1886) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Euchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1886)
  • Trochus scrobiculatus Souverbie, 1886

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm. The imperforate, dull white shell has an ovate-conic, subventricose shape. The apex rather obtuse. The shell is ornamented with strong spiral subnodose ribs, decussated by elevated rib-striae cutting the interstices into square pits, of which there are 3 or 4 series on the third whorl, 4 on the penultimate, and 7 on the last. The five whorls are rounded and separated by a deep, subcanaliculate suture. The oblique aperture is rounded, and sub-pearly. The outer lip is duplicate. It has an acute edge. it is crenulated, and sulcate inside. The simple columella is vertical.[3]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion; also off New Caledonia.

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References
  1. Souv., Journ. de Conchyl. 1866, p. 140, t.11, f. 9
  2. Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • 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. page(s): 47
  • Herbert D.G. (1996) A critical review of the trochoidean types in the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Bordeaux (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 18 (A, 3-4): 409–445.
  • "Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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