Clypeostoma cecileae, also known as Cécile’s top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[2] It is a newly discovered member of Clypeostoma, first described in the year 2006.
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| Shell of Clypeostoma cecileae (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Clypeostoma |
| Species: | C. cecileae
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| Binomial name | |
| Clypeostoma cecileae (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Perrinia cecileae Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe height of the shell is around 4.7 to 6 mm (0.19 to 0.236 inches). The shell carries a colour variation of cream to yellow, starting with cream at the top. Brown variation speckles may vary in number in every shell, depending on the Clypeostoma cecileae’s DNA. The shell’s inner walls are the outer walls’ colour but with a little bit more of silver.
However, the dullness of colour is different in every shell, because it is, once again, dependant on the Clypeostoma cecileae’s DNA.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
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References
edit- ^ Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker. 2006. Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2 Pages: 3–228. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clypeostoma cecileae (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986596 on 2021-12-28
- 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
- Vilvens, C. (2017). New species and new records of Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) from the Pacific Ocean. Novapex, Hors Série. 11: 1-67.
External links
edit- "Perrinia cecileae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.