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Chlorostoma
''Chlorostoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tegulidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Chlorostoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413474 on 2013-12-10 Description The solid, conical shell is umbilicate or imperforate. The spire is elevated or depressed. The oblique aperture is subrhomboidal. The outer lip is smooth within. The arcuate columella is above continued in a callus over or halfway around the umbilicus, which when open shows one or more spiral ribs inside. The base of the columella shows two or more denticles. Species Species within the genus ''Chlorostoma'' include: * ''Chlorostoma argyrostomum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Chlorostoma lischkei'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874) * ''Chlorostoma xanthostigma'' A. Adams, 1853 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Chlorostoma achates'' Gould, 1861: synonym of ''Tegula pfeifferi'' (Philiippi, 1846) * ''Chlorostoma argy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlorostoma Argyrostomum
''Chlorostoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tegulidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Chlorostoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413474 on 2013-12-10 Description The solid, conical shell is umbilicate or imperforate. The spire is elevated or depressed. The oblique aperture is subrhomboidal. The outer lip is smooth within. The arcuate columella is above continued in a callus over or halfway around the umbilicus, which when open shows one or more spiral ribs inside. The base of the columella shows two or more denticles. Species Species within the genus ''Chlorostoma'' include: * '' Chlorostoma argyrostomum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Chlorostoma lischkei'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874) * '' Chlorostoma xanthostigma'' A. Adams, 1853 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Chlorostoma achates'' Gould, 1861: synonym of ''Tegula pfeifferi'' (Philiippi, 1846) * ''Chlorostoma ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlorostoma Lischkei
''Chlorostoma lischkei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. Description The size of the shell attains 24 mm. The shell is without longitudinal folds. It is olive-colored with lead-colored apex. The umbilicus is covered. Distribution This species occurs in the Northwest Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen .... References * Lee, J.J., 1990. ''Bioecological study of the northern coastal area in Chenju Island''. Korean Journal of Malacology 6(1):33-44 * Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined.'' Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506 External links * lischkei Gastropods described in 1874 Marine gastropods {{T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlorostoma Xanthostigma
''Tegula xanthostigma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tegula xanthostigma (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471433 on 2022-04-24 accessed 23 May 2010. Description The size of the shell attains 35 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Korea, Taiwan and Japan. References External links Adams, A. (1853). Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 150-192Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 221-240* xanthostigma ''Xanthostigma'' is a genus of snakeflies belonging to the family Raphidiidae ''Raphidiidae'' is a family of snakeflies in the order Raphidioptera. Genera Raphidiidae are divided in 28 genera with about 210 species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Patagonica
''Tegula patagonica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Tegula patagonica'' (d'Orbigny, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533470 on 2012-09-01 Description The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 21 mm. The thick, umbilicate shell has an orbiculate-conical shape. It is transversely narrowly granulose-sulcate. It has a uniform brownish or purplish color. The spire is conic. The apex is obtuse. The five whorls are subcarinate with sutures excavated. The aperture is rounded. The columella is bidentate. Distribution This marine species occurs from Southern Brazil to Southern Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Funebralis
''Tegula funebralis'', the black turban snail or black tegula, is a species of medium-sized marine sea snail in the family Tegulidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Tegula funebralis (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607163 on 2012-09-10 This eastern Pacific Ocean species was previously known as ''Chlorostoma funebralis''. Description Most adults have shells which are 20 to 50 mm (or about an inch, to an inch and three quarters) in diameter. Adults weigh anywhere from 2 to 20 grams. Individuals can live anywhere from 7 to 30 years; studies have shown that individuals inhabiting the more northern portions of the organism's range are larger and live longer on average than organisms inhabiting the southern portions. In 1971, a new sense organ was discovered in this marine snail. Chemoreceptor organs were found near the base on the border of the leaflets of the ctenidium (comb-like respiratory gil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Atra
''Tegula atra'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Tegula atra'' (Lesson, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533469 on 2012-09-01 Description The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 62 mm. The heavy, solid, imperforate shell has a conical shape and is more or less depressed. It is lusterless black. The about six whorls are, moderately convex, separated by impressed sutures. They are smooth, except for slight incremental striae. The body whorl is more or less depressed, and rounded or subangular at the periphery. The base of the shell is flattened, concave in the center, eroded and light purplish in front of the aperture. The aperture is very oblique. The outer lip is black-margined, smooth and pearly within. The columella is oblique, obtusely dentate in the middle. The umbilico-columellar tract is covered by a whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Mariana
''Tegula mariana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.WoRMS (2012). ''Tegula mariana'' Dall, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575632 on 2012-09-01 Description The height of the shell varies between 8.9 mm, its diameter 10.5 mm. The shell has a shiny surface. Its color is dingy white, with broad radiating flames of brown or red above irregularly maculated below, sometimes nearly unicolored, pinkish, with the lirae of the base articulated with red and white dots. The spire is either conic or depressed. The sutures are either simple, linear, or somewhat canaliculate. There is a concavity in the subsutural area. The about 5 whorls are spirally transversed by excessively minute spiral striae. The body whorl has an acute nodulous carina at the periphery, and another angulation or keel at the middle of the upper surface of the whorl and continued up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Montereyi
''Tegula montereyi'', common name the "Monterey tegula", is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Tegula montereyi (Kiener, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534193 on 2013-12-10 This is an Eastern Pacific Ocean species which was previously known as ''Chlorostoma montereyi''. The specific epithet refers to Monterey, California. Description The height of the shell varies between 28–39 mm, its diameter between 34–42 mm. The rather thin, umbilicate shell has a strictly conical shape. It is light olivaceous or pale corneous. The spire is conical, with nearly straight outlines. The apex is acute. The sutures are linear. The seven whorls are flattened, encircled by numerous fine lirae, which become obsolete on the lower whorl, which shows usually very ill-defined obliquely descending small folds, at right angles to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Luctuosa
''Tegula luctuosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Tegula luctuosa (d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718801 on 2013-12-23 Description The height of the shell attains 35 mm, its diameter 44 mm. The solid, heavy shell is depressed, broadly umbilicate, and has a conoidal shape. It is black or purplish. The spire is more or less depressed. The sutures are linear. The shell contains 5 to 6 whorls. The upper ones have a strong carina midway between the sutures. The body whorl is carinated at the periphery and above, generally showing a less prominent carina on the base near the periphery. The aperture is oblique. The arcuate columella is oblique. The umbilicus is broad and deep, with a spiral rib within. This species is characterized by its wide umbilicus and strongly keeled whorls. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Excavata
''Tegula excavata'', common name the green-based tegula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. Description The height of the shell varies between 12 mm and 18 mm. The umbilicate shell has a conical shape. It is dull grayish, olivaceous or pinkish, longitudinally lineolate with a darker shade, frequently appearing unicolored. The spire is conic. The apex is eroded or acute. The 6 to 7 whorls are flattened, scarcely convex, very obsoletely spirally grooved. The body whorl is acutely carinated at the periphery, flat or plano-concave beneath, concentrically lirate. The large aperture is subhorizontal, iridescent within. The columella is sinuous, unidentate in the middle, green, half surrounding the umbilicus with a sickle-shaped callus. The umbilicus is funnel-shaped, green or white within, broadly expanding at its opening. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Pfeifferi
''Tegula pfeifferi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Tegula pfeifferi'' (Philiippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590971 on 2012-09-01 ''Tegula pfeifferi'' is more commonly known as "Pfeiffer's Top Shell". Description The height of the shell is 30 mm, its diameter 33 mm. The solid, umbilicate shell has a conical shape with an acutely angled periphery. It is dark purplish or brownish-purple and obliquely striate; the base radiately striate or streaked with white. The elevated spire is strictly conical. The apex is eroded. The about 7 whorls are planulate above, the last acutely angular at the periphery. The whorls are smooth or with fine spiral striae, and ill-defined longitudinal folds. The base of the shell is smooth and obsoletely plano-concave. The subhorizontal aperture occupies about half the area of the bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegula Snodgrassi
''Tegula snodgrassi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.WoRMS (2012). ''Tegula snodgrassi'' (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ... at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575638 on 2012-09-01Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp. Distribution This marine species was found in the Pacific Ocean off the Albemarle Island, Galapagos Islands. References External links To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca CollectionTo World Register of Marine Species* snodgrassi Gastropods described in 1902 {{Trochoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
