Biology:Cyclostrema archeri

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cyclostrema archeri
Cyclostrema archeri 001.jpg
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Cyclostrema archeri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Cyclostrema
Species:
C. archeri
Binomial name
Cyclostrema archeri
Tryon, 1888
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema annellarium Melvill & Standen, 1903

Cyclostrema archeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

Description

Cyclostrema archeri 01.jpg

The height of the depressed shell attains 1.5 mm. The shell is rather widely umbilicated. The spire is scarcely elevated. The rounded whorls contain regular convex longitudinal ribs. The interstices are finely spirally lirate. The peristome is thickened.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyclostrema archeri Tryon, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701855 on 2012-12-03
  2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5199026 entry