Biology:Lirularia canaliculata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lirularia canaliculata
Lirularia canaliculata 001.jpg
Several views of a shell of Lirularia canaliculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Lirularia
Species:
L. canaliculata
Binomial name
Lirularia canaliculata
(E.A. Smith, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Minolia canaliculata E.A. Smith, 1871
  • Solariella canaliculata E.A. Smith, 1871

Lirularia canaliculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[1]

Description

The height of this small shell measures 3 mm. It is broadly umbilicated, pearly and beautifully prismatic. The spire is depressed-conical. It contains five whorls, the first two are smooth, the remainder spirally lirate, and ornamented beneath the channelled sutures with a series of white tubercles, here and there marked with brown. The body whorl is encircled by chestnut-dotted carinae. The base of the shell contains a purple-brown zone. The umbilicus is perspective, margined by a somewhat tubercular cord. The aperture is subcircular.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Equatorial Guinea and Angola.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lirularia canaliculata (E.A. Smith, 1871). Gofas, S. (2010). Lirularia canaliculata (E.A. Smith, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549278 on 28 February 2011 .
  2. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Minolia canaliculata)
  • Rubio F. & Rolán E. 1997. Una nueva especie de Lirularia (Gastropoda: Trochidae) de las islas de São Tomé y Príncipe. Iberus 15 (1): 23–29.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6557706 entry