Trochus calcaratus

Trochus calcaratus
Drawing with two views of a shell of Trochus calcaratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Trochus
Species: T. calcaratus
Binomial name
Trochus calcaratus
Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1874 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Infundibulum (Lamprostoma) calcaratum (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1874)
  • Trochus (Polydonta) calcaratus Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875
  • Trochus histrio Reeve, 1848
  • Trochus pustulosus Philippi, 1849
  • Trochus sacellus Philippi, R.A., 1854

Trochus calcaratus, common name the actor top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

The name Trochus histrio was not well described by Reeve, and as was his custom in Trochus, only a back view was given by Reeve, so that positive identification is difficult. [3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm. The solid, false-umbilicate shell has an elate-conic shape. The spire has nearly rectilinear outlines. The about 9 whorls are planulate, the body whorl is carinated. The sculpture of the upper surface consists of spiral series, four or five on each whorl, of regular, closely arranged granules, which are either rounded, bead-like, or laterally compressed. Upon the periphery of each whorl, there is a row of radiating, minutely perforated pustules, numbering on the body whorl 28. The base of the shell is concentrically sculptured with 6 to 7 concentric, densely granose lirae. It is slightly convex, radiately striped with brown or purplish. The color of the upper surface is whitish, broadly striped with red, purplish or brown. It is usually blue when rubbed. The aperture is lirate within on outer and parietal walls. The basal margin is concave, thick, and dentate within. The columella is oblique, plicate within and quadridentate. The white umbilical tract is biplicate. [3]

This species is principally distinguished by the fistulous or perforated peripheral tubercles.

Distribution

This species occurs on coral reefs and in the low and shallow subtidal zone in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. In Australian waters it occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

References

  1. Souverbie, S.M. & Montrouzier, R.P. 1875. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelle de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 23: 33-44
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Trochus calcaratus Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567739 on 2014-06-06
  3. 1 2 H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

External identifiers for Trochus calcaratus
WoRMS 572936
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