Sericominolia vernicosa

Sericominolia vernicosa
Apertural view of a shell of Sericominolia vernicosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Sericominolia
Species: S. vernicosa
Binomial name
Sericominolia vernicosa
(Gould, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Monilea vernicosa Gould, 1861 (original combination)
  • Talopena vernicosa (Gould, 1861)

Sericominolia vernicosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4.5 mm and 12 mm. The small, thin shell has a depressed globose shape. It is finely reticulated with many green striae at the suture which spread squarely to the periphery. The shell is painted with four articulated colored bands. The five convex whorls are subacute at the periphery. The suture is deep. The base of the shell is convex. The pale umbilicus is deep. The aperture is large. The columella is dilated, its edge is angulated, terminating below in a tooth.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Sericominolia vernicosa (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547294 on 2012-11-23
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ H. Pilsbry (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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