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Vaceuchelus cavernosus (Sowerby 1905)

Vaceuchelus cavernosus

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Vaceuchelus cavernosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontaidae.[1][2]

Description

The altitude of the shell attains 7½ mm, its maximum diameter 7¼ mm.

A small globular white shell, containing five whorls; very conspicuously and profoundly pitted between the rounded nodulous keels. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus cavernosus (Sowerby, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547169 on 2013-04-14
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of new species of marine shells, chiefly from Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 7, 16: 184–192

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Vaceuchelus cavernosus: Brief Summary

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Vaceuchelus cavernosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontaidae.

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