Tristichotrochus aculeatus, common name the prickly Japanese top shell, is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Calliostomatinae of the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Tristichotrochus |
| Species: | T. aculeatus
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| Tristichotrochus aculeatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1912)
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- Subspecies
- Tristichotrochus aculeatus aculeatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1912)
- Tristichotrochus aculeatus aliguayensis (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)
Shell description
editThe shell is conical, with straight spire outlines, and six whorls. The external shell coloration is light brown, with darker brown irregular flecks. The shell height is up to 22 mm, and the width is up to 15 mm.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species lives off the Philippines. It is found off Aliguay Island, Mindanao. It lives at depths of about 100 m on muddy sand bottoms.[2] It also occurs off southern Japan and Taiwan.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tristichotrochus aculeatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880976 on 2021-06-17
- ^ a b Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands, Conchbooks, Germany, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-80-5
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
- Poppe, Guido T. (guido@conchology.be); Tagaro, Sheila P.; Dekker, Henk. 2006. Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2 Pages: 3-228
External links
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- "Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus) aculeatum aculeatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.