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Vaceuchelus cavernosus

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Vaceuchelus cavernosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species:
V. cavernosus
Binomial name
Vaceuchelus cavernosus
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)
Synonyms

Euchelus cavernosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 (original combination)

Vaceuchelus cavernosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontaidae.[1][2]

Description

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The altitude of the shell attains 7½ mm, its maximum diameter 7¼ mm.

A small globular white shell, containing five whorls; very conspicuously and profoundly pitted between the rounded nodulous keels.[3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus cavernosus (Sowerby, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547169 on 2013-04-14
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of new species of marine shells, chiefly from Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 7, 16: 184–192
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