Vaceuchelus angulatus

Vaceuchelus angulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2][3][4]

Vaceuchelus angulatus
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Vaceuchelus angulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species:
V. angulatus
Binomial name
Vaceuchelus angulatus
(Pease, 1867) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Euchelus angulatus Pease, 1867

Herbert (2012) considers this species almost certainly as a junior synonym of Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853) [5]

Description

This species is more elongated and conical than Vaceuchelus foveolatus. The body whorl is biangulate by the prominence of two median lirae. The lirae above these are small or subobsolete. The height of the shell attains 5 mm. The shell is imperforate when adult.[6]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Polynesia.

References
  1. Pease, American Journal of Conchology, III, 1867, p. 283, PI. XXIII, Fig. 27
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Vaceuchelus angulatus (Pease, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512102 on 2013-04-14
  3. 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.
  4. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  5. Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502
  6. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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