Vaceuchelus cavernosus
| Vaceuchelus cavernosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
| Species: | V. cavernosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Vaceuchelus cavernosus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)
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| Synonyms | |
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Euchelus cavernosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 (original combination) | |
Vaceuchelus cavernosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontaidae.[1][2]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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