Vaceuchelus semilugubris

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

Vaceuchelus semilugubris
Drawing with an apertural view of the shell of Vaceuchelus semilugubris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species:
V. semilugubris
Binomial name
Vaceuchelus semilugubris
(Deshayes, 1863)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptothyra semilugubris (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Turbo semilugubris Deshayes, 1863

Description

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The height of the shell attains 3.5 mm. The small shell has a turbinate, subglobose shape. Its color is white, marbled with black. The spire is somewhat obtuse. The five whorls are declivous above and spirally deeply sulcate. The sulci are subgranulose. The body whorl is large with a perforate base. The very oblique aperture is circular and pearly within. The flat columella is arcuate and truncate anteriorly.[4]

Distribution

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This marine shell occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and Mauritius.

References

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  1. ^ Deshayes, Conch, de Ile de la Réunion, p. 72, pi. 9, f. 9, 10.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus semilugubris (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547174 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. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Leptothyra semilugubris)
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  • Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris.
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • Herbert, D. G. (2012). A Revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of Southern Africa and the South-Western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates. 53(2): 381-502
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Vaceuchelus semilugubris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.