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Hybochelus fossulatus

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Hybochelus fossulatus
Drawing of a shell of Hybochelus fossulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Hybochelus
Species:
H. fossulatus
Binomial name
Hybochelus fossulatus
(Souverbie [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1875)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Euchelus cancellatus orientalis Pilsbry, 1904
  • Hybochelus cancellatus orientalis Pilsbry, H.A., 1904
  • Trochus (Euchelus) fossulatus Souverby, 1875 (original combination)

Hybochelus fossulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[2][3]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm. The umbilicate, whitish shell is heliciform. It is spotted with pale reddish. The five convex whorls are separated by canaliculate sutures, all over regularly clathrate. The penultimate whorl has 4 spiral cinguli, a minute riblet interposed in each interval. The pits between the longitudinal and spiral riblets are oblong and quadrilateral. The body whorl is convex beneath, with close radiating lamellae . The ovate aperture is sulcate inside. The thin outer lip is plicate. The arcuate columella is edentulous and a little reflexed above. The white umbilical tract is striate. The umbilicus is profound.[4]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines

References

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  1. ^ Souverby, Journ. de Conchyl. 1875, p. 39, t. 4, f. 5
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Hybochelus fossulatus (Souverbie [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547228 on 2013-04-14
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Trochus (Euchelus) fossulatus)
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  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Hybochelus fossulatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.