Cantharidus polychroma

Cantharidus polychroma

Apertural view of a shell of Cantharidus polychroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Cantharidus
Species:	C. polychroma
Binomial name
*Cantharidus polychroma* (A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms^[1]
Calliostoma polychroma Pilsbry, H.A. 1889 Calliostoma vexillum Pilsbry, H.A. 1889 Cantharidus (Cantharidus) gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Cantharidus (Jujubinus) gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Cantharidus (Thalotia) polychroma Schepman, M.M. 1908 Cantharidus gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Jujubinus gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Jujubinus obscurus Thiele, J., 1930 Kanekotrochus gilberti Montrouzier, R.P. in Fischer, 1878 Trochus gilberti Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878 Ziziphinus polychroma A. Adams, 1851 (original combination) Ziziphinus polychromus sic

Cantharidus polychroma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 18 mm. The perforate shell has a turreted-conic shape. It is, green, painted with undulating white bands, varied with buff angular lines. The plane whorls are subimbricating. They are ornamented with a slightly prominent articulated margin, subdistant impressed transverse lines, and longitudinally substriate. The body whorl is angulate The base of the shell is a little convex, sculptured with cinguli articulated with buff The aperture is subquadrate and green inside. The columella is straight subtruncate at its base.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia

References

1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cantharidus polychroma (A. Adams, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598229 on 2012-11-23
↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Adams, A. 1851. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192
Reeve, L.A. 1863. Monograph of the genus Zizyphinus. pls 2-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R., 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 2(1):327-4602124.
Schepman, M.M., 1908 [31/Dec/1908]. Prosobranchia (excluding Heteropoda and parasitic Prosobranchia). Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa. With an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh [Pectinobranchiata]. Siboga Expedition, 49(1):1-1089.
Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561–596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5
Ponder, W.F., 1978 [31/Dec/1978]. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 6(4):423-441.
Satyamurti, S.T., 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bull. Madras Govt. Mus.; Nat. Hist.n.s., 1(2)(6):1-267.

External links

External identifiers for Cantharidus polychroma
WoRMS	598229

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