Cantharidella tiberiana

Cantharidella tiberiana
Drawing of a shell of Cantharidella tiberiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Cantharidella
Species: C. tiberiana
Binomial name
Cantharidella tiberiana
(Crosse, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cantharidella aurea Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1876
  • Cantharidella tesselata Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1878
  • Cantharidus decoratus Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Cantharidus luculentus A. Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Cantharidus tiberianus Angas, 1867
  • Gibbula aurea Tenison-Woods, 1876
  • Thalotia tesselata Tenison-Woods, 1878
  • Trochus tiberianus Crosse, 1863 (original description)

Cantharidella tiberiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 9 mm. The imperforate, rather thin shell has a conical shape. It is olivaceous with nacreous reflections. It is ornamented with flexuous longitudinal grayish streaks. The spire is moderately elevated. The suture is impressed. The 5½ to 6 whorls are subplanate with the body whorl obtusely angulated. The base of the shell is obsoletely striated and covered with spots of grayish-white. The aperture is oblique, quadrate, inside white and nacreous. The columella is somewhat expanded. The outer lip is simple and acute.[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania,

References

  1. ↑ Crosse, H. 1863. Description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 379-386, pl. 13
  2. ↑ Marshall, B. (2013). Cantharidella tiberiana (Crosse, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719223 on 2014-01-12
  3. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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