Vaceuchelus cretaceus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Chilodontaidae |
Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
Species: | V. cretaceus
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Binomial name | |
Vaceuchelus cretaceus Herbert, 2012
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Synonyms | |
Euchelus scrobiculatus non Souverbie, 1866 |
Vaceuchelus cretaceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae. [2]
The height of the whitish to dirty buff shell attains 8.5 mm. The shell has an elevated turbiniform shape with 4.5 to 5 whorls. The columella has a typical low, rounded swelling at its base.
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This species occurs in the southwestern Indian Ocean, off Réunion, Southern Mozambique and Northern KwaZulu-Natal
Vaceuchelus cretaceus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Chilodontaidae |
Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
Species: | V. cretaceus
|
Binomial name | |
Vaceuchelus cretaceus Herbert, 2012
[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
Euchelus scrobiculatus non Souverbie, 1866 |
Vaceuchelus cretaceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae. [2]
The height of the whitish to dirty buff shell attains 8.5 mm. The shell has an elevated turbiniform shape with 4.5 to 5 whorls. The columella has a typical low, rounded swelling at its base.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (May 2013) |
This species occurs in the southwestern Indian Ocean, off Réunion, Southern Mozambique and Northern KwaZulu-Natal