''Cantharidus fournieri'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean.
Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
* Maritime (disambiguation)
* Marine art
* Marine biology
* Marine debris
* Marine habitats
* Marine life
* Marine pollution
Military
* ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Trochidae, the top snails.
[Marshall, B. (2013). Cantharidus fournieri (Crosse, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720354 on 2014-01-17]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 9 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The small, imperforate shell has an acutely elongate-conical shape. It is brown or olivaceous, unicolored or punctate or maculate with white. The
spire is straightly conical. The
apex is acute. The
sutures are linear. The about 8
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
File:Photograph and axial plane floral ...
s are flat, very finely, evenly, densely spirally striate, the stride sometimes subdecussated by delicate oblique growth-lines. The
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
is carinate at the periphery. The base of the shell is coarsely lirate, lirae about 9 in number. The
aperture is small, quadrangular, and smooth within. The
lip is acute, bordered inside by a wide porcellanous band. The throat is nacreous, brilliant green. The
columella is straight and scarcely truncate at its base.
Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
/ref>
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off New Caledonia
)
, anthem = ""
, image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg
, map_alt = Location of New Caledonia
, map_caption = Location of New Caledonia
, mapsize = 290px
, subdivision_type = Sovereign st ...
.
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
*
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15630812
fournieri
Gastropods described in 1863