Cyclostrema carinatum
Cyclostrema carinatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]
| Cyclostrema carinatum | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Cyclostrema carinatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Cyclostrema |
| Species: | C. carinatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclostrema carinatum H. Adams, 1873 | |
Description
The diameter of the shell is 2.5 mm. The solid shell is widely umbilicated, with regular, angular spiral carinae. The interstices are radiately sculptured. The 4 whorls are convex and rapidly increasing. The last whorl is dilated in front. The aperture is subcirciilar. The peristome is thickened and subcontinuous.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Persian Gulf.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyclostrema carinatum H. Adams, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701857 on 2012-12-03
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
- G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
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