Spectamen semisculptum

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Spectamen semisculptum
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Spectamen semisculptum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Spectamen
Species: S. semisculptum
Binomial name
Spectamen semisculptum
(Martens, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema (Tubiola) semisculptum Martens, 1904
  • Cyclostrema semisculptum Martens, 1904
  • Solariella semisculpta (Martens, 1904)
  • Solariella (Solariella) semisculpta (Martens, E.C. von, 1904)

Spectamen semisculptum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm. The thin, white shell has a depressed turbinate shape with a wide umbilicus. The acute spire is conoid. It contains 4½ convex whorls. The suture is distinct, and not channeled. The umbilicus is funnel-shaped. The rounded aperture is slightly oblique. The peristome is thin, outer margin very colunellari slightly arched. The outer lip is pronounced. The columella is slightly arched.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal and the Agulhas Bank, Rep. South Africa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Spectamen semisculptum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567680 on 2012-12-03
  2. ↑ Herbert D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382.
  3. ↑ von Martens (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899.. In. A. Systematisch-geographischer Theil., vol. 7 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899, 1–146 (described in Latin as Cyclostrema (Tubiola) semisculptum)

External links

External identifiers for Spectamen semisculptum
WoRMS 567680
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