Canarium urceus

Canarium urceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Canarium urceus
Five views of a shell of Canarium urceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Species:
C. urceus
Binomial name
Canarium urceus
Synonyms
  • Canarium urceus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758)ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Canarium ustulatum Schumacher, 1817
  • Strombus (Canarium) urceus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Strombus anatellus Duclos, P.L. in Chenu, 1844
  • Strombus muricatus Watson, 1885
  • Strombus reticulatus Link, 1807
  • Strombus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)

Subspecies

There are two subspecies :

  • Canarium urceus incisum (Wood, 1828)
  • Canarium urceus orrae Abbott, 1960

Description

The adult shell size varies between 20 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mozambique and in the western part of the Pacific Ocean off the New Hebrides.

References
  1. Canarium urceus Linnaeus, 1758. Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium urceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532183 on 25 February 2011 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.
  • Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
  • "Canarium urceus urceus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  • "Canarium urceus incisus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
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