Vaceuchelus angulatus
| Vaceuchelus angulatus | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Vaceuchelus angulatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae |
| Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
| Species: | V. angulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaceuchelus angulatus (Pease, 1867) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Vaceuchelus angulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2][3][4]
Herbert (2012) considers this species almost certainly as a junior synonym of Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853) [5]
Description
This species is more elongated and conical than Vaceuchelus foveolatus. The body whorl is biangulate by the prominence of two median lirae. The lirae above these are small or subobsolete. The height of the shell attains 5 mm. The shell is imperforate when adult.[6]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Polynesia.
References
- ↑ Pease, American Journal of Conchology, III, 1867, p. 283, PI. XXIII, Fig. 27
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus angulatus (Pease, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512102 on 2013-04-14
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
| External identifiers for Vaceuchelus angulatus | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 4797517 |
| WoRMS | 512102 |
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