Mikadotrochus salmianus, common name the Salmiana slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.[3]
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| Shell of Mikadotrochus salmianus neocaledonicus (paratype at MNHN. Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Pleurotomariida |
| Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Mikadotrochus |
| Species: | M. salmianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mikadotrochus salmianus | |
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- Subspecies
- Mikadotrochus salmianus neocaledonicus Anseeuw, 2016[4]
- Mikadotrochus salmianus salmianus (Rolle, 1899)
Description
editThe shell is broadly trochiform, almost conical in shape. The shell is false umbilicus and spirally twisted on all sides. The shell is off-white in color with blazed red spirals. It is almost exactly conical with a broken or flattened tip. It is surrounded on all sides with furrows or traces of growth.[5]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, Fiji Islands and the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b Rolle, Hermann (1899). Eine neue Pleurotomaria. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologische Gesellschaft. 31(3/4) 62; (11/12): 161–164, 1 p
- ^ 鹿間時夫. "銚子沖産長者貝 salmiana について." 貝類学雑誌ヴヰナス 21.4 (1961): 500-506. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjma/21/4/21_KJ00004339269/_article/-char/ja/
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Mikadotrochus salmianus (Rolle, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467984 Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine on 2013-02-16
- ^ Anseeuw P. (2016). Two new pleurotomariid subspecies from the South Pacific (Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae). Visaya. 4(5): 43-57. https://www.vliz.be/en/catalogue?module=ref&refid=305033
- ^ Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft; Gesellschaft, Deutsche Malakozoologische (1897). Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. Vol. 29. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag W. Küchler.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mikadotrochus salmianus.
- Mikadotrochus salmianus in the USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- Mikadotrochus salmiana in the USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- "Mikadotrochus salmianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.