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Jujubinus polychromaa

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Jujubinus polychromaa
A shell of Jujubinus polychroma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Jujubinus
Species:
J. polychroma
Binomial name
Jujubinus polychroma
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma polychroma Pilsbry, H.A. 1889
  • Calliostoma vexillum Pilsbry, H.A. 1889
  • Cantharidus (Cantharidus) gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878)
  • Cantharidus (Jujubinus) gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878)
  • Cantharidus (Thalotia) polychroma Schepman, M.M. 1908
  • Cantharidus gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878)
  • Cantharidus polychroma (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Jujubinus gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878)
  • Jujubinus obscurus Thiele, J., 1930
  • Kanekotrochus gilberti Montrouzier, R.P. in Fischer, 1878
  • Trochus gilberti Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878
  • Ziziphinus polychroma A. Adams, 1851 (original combination)
  • Ziziphinus polychromus sic

Jujubinus polychroma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 18 mm. The perforate shell has a turreted-conic shape. It is, green, painted with undulating white bands, varied with buff angular lines. The plane whorls are subimbricating. They are ornamented with a slightly prominent articulated margin, subdistant impressed transverse lines, and longitudinally substriated. The body whorl is angulate The base of the shell is a little convex, sculptured with cinguli articulated with buff The aperture is subquadrate and green inside. The columella is straight subtruncate at its base.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Jujubinus polychroma (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834221 on 2020-07-26
  2. ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Reeve, L.A. 1863. Monograph of the genus Zizyphinus. pls 2–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14
  • Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R., 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 2(1):327-4602124.
  • Schepman, M.M., 1908 [31/Dec/1908]. Prosobranchia (excluding Heteropoda and parasitic Prosobranchia). Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa. With an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh [Pectinobranchiata]. Siboga Expedition, 49(1):1-1089.
  • Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561–596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5
  • Ponder, W.F., 1978 [31/Dec/1978]. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 6(4):423-441.
  • Satyamurti, S.T., 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bull. Madras Govt. Mus.; Nat. Hist.n.s., 1(2)(6):1-267
  • Dekker H. (2006). Description of a new species of Kanekotrochus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from Vietnam. Miscellanea Malacologia, 2(1): 1-4
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  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Cantharidus polychroma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Adams, A. 1851. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192