Synaptocochlea picta

Synaptocochlea picta
Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Synaptocochlea
Species: S. picta
Binomial name
Synaptocochlea picta
(d’Orbigny, 1847) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gena asperulata A. Adams, 1850
  • Stomatella caliginosa H. & A. Adams, 1864
  • Stomatella picta d’Orbigny, 1847
  • Stomatia picta d’Orbigny, 1847 (basionym)
  • Synaptocochlea inconcinna auct. non Pilsbry, 1921
  • Synaptocochlea lactea Usticke, 1959
  • Synaptocochlea nigrita Rehder, 1939

Synaptocochlea picta, common name the painted false stomatella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7 mm.[3]

The imperforate, oblong, blackish shell is ear-shaped. The small spire is transversely lirate with the larger and smaller lirae alternating. It is obsoletely articulated with white. The oblong aperture is very oblique and greenish white within. The black margin is crenulate. The inner lip is rather flattened. There is a narrow lunar umbilical rimation. The thin operculum is orbicular and multispiral.[4]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 713 m.[3]

References

  1. d'Orbigny, A. 1847. Mollusques. Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2: 129-224, pls. 22-25
  2. Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  4. G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890

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