Euchelus asper

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Euchelus asper
Apertural view of a shell of Euchelus asper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Genus: Euchelus
Species: E. asper
Binomial name
Euchelus asper
(Gmelin, 1791) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Euchelus alabastrum (Reeve, 1858)
  • Euchelus proximus A. Adams, 1854
  • Euchelus quadricarinatus (Holten, 1802)
  • Trochus alabastrum Reeve, 1858
  • Trochus asper Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Trochus quadricarinatus Holten, 1802
  • Trochus tricarinatus Lamarck, 1818

Euchelus asper is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2][3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 35 mm. The thick, conoidal shell is imperforate in adult specimens. Its color is dull ashen, dotted with brown, rosy, and black. The 5½-6 convex whorls are separated by profound sutures, the first one eroded, the rest rough. They are ornamented with close, granulose, unequal cinguli (the colored bands or spiral ornamentation), with two on the upper, and 3 or 4 on the body whorl more prominent. The penultimate whorl has 12-15 lirae. The globose body whorl is rounded, descending, and convex beneath. The aperture is ovate-rounded, the margins nearly continuous, plicated finely all around. The columella is arcuate. The base of the shell is dentate.[4]

This species is highly variable. It is also known under the form Euchelus asper quadricarinatus (Holten, H.S., 1802) (synonym: Trochus alabastrum Reeve, 1858), common name the four-keeled margarite. The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ↑ Gmelin, Syst. Nat. xiii, p. 3583.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701781 on 2013-04-14
  3. ↑ Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  4. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  5. ↑ Gastropods.com: Euchelus asper quadricarinatus
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 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.

External links

External identifiers for Euchelus asper
WoRMS 701781
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