Cyclostrema solariellum

Cyclostrema solariellum
Original drawing of a shell of Cyclostrema solariellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Cyclostrema
Species: C. solariellum
Binomial name
Cyclostrema solariellum
Melvill, 1893
Synonyms

Cyclosstrema solariellum Melvill, 1893 (misspelling by the author)

Cyclostrema solariellum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm and its diameter 1.5 mm. The thin, whitish shell is depressed and a deep umbilicus. It contains four whorls with the last one rapidly increasing in size. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is simple. It has a double row of gemmules on the lirae below the sutures, and at the base, around the umbilicus.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mumbay, India.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyclostrema solariellum Melvill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701868 on 2012-12-03
  2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
External identifiers for Cyclostrema solariellum
WoRMS 701868
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