Semiricinula squamosa

Semiricinula squamosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Semiricinula squamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Semiricinula
Species:
S. squamosa
Binomial name
Semiricinula squamosa
(Pease, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa fusconigra (Dunker, 1871)
  • Morula squamosa (Pease, 1868)
  • Sistrum fusconigra Dunker, 1871
  • Sistrum squamosum Pease, 1868 (basionym)
  • Thais fusconigra (Dunker, 1871)
  • Thais (Thaisella) infumata Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1853
  • Drupella fusconigra Dunker, 1871

Description

The solid shell varies in length between 20 mm and 45 mm. Its sculpture shows varices with low spines. The color is creamy white with dark brown bands, brown or mottled. The oval aperture is narrowed by protruding plaits. It has a pale color with white inner lip.

Distribution

This species is distributed in shallow rocky areas in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 November 2010.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
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