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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[2]
Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus | |
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Drawing of a shell of Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Chilodontaidae |
Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
Species: | V. scrobiculatus |
Binomial name | |
Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1886) [1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion; also off New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Philippines.
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