Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus

Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus
Drawing of a shell of Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species: V. scrobiculatus
Binomial name
Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus
(Souverbie, 1886) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Euchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1886)
  • Trochus scrobiculatus Souverbie, 1886

Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm. The imperforate, dull white shell has an ovate-conic, subventricose shape. The apex rather obtuse. The shell is ornamented with strong spiral subnodose ribs, decussated by elevated rib-striae cutting the interstices into square pits, of which there are 3 or 4 series on the third whorl, 4 on the penultimate, and 7 on the last. The five whorls are rounded and separated by a deep, subcanaliculate suture. The oblique aperture is rounded, and sub-pearly. The outer lip is duplicate. It has an acute edge. it is crenulated, and sulcate inside. The simple columella is vertical.[3]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion; also off New Caledonia.

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