| Vaceuchelus cavernosus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda | 
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea | 
| Family: | Chilodontaidae | 
| Genus: | Vaceuchelus | 
| Species: | V. cavernosus  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Vaceuchelus cavernosus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)  | |
| Synonyms | |
| 
 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
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
This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.
References
- ↑ 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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