Cyclostrema archeri

Cyclostrema archeri
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Cyclostrema archeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Cyclostrema
Species: C. archeri
Binomial name
Cyclostrema archeri
Tryon, 1888
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema annellarium Melvill & Standen, 1903

Cyclostrema archeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the depressed shell attains 1.5 mm. The shell is rather widely umbilicated. The spire is scarcely elevated. The rounded whorls contain regular convex longitudinal ribs. The interstices are finely spirally lirate. The peristome is thickened.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyclostrema archeri Tryon, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701855 on 2012-12-03
  2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

External identifiers for Cyclostrema archeri
WoRMS 701855
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