- Source: Lirularia canaliculata
Lirularia canaliculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.
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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Equatorial Guinea and Angola.
References
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
"Lirularia canaliculata canaliculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lirularia canaliculata
- Lirularia
- Solariella
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