Amaea sulcata

Amaea sulcata
Shell of Amaea sulcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Amaea
Species:
A. sulcata
Binomial name
Amaea sulcata
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Epitonium sulcatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Scalaria sulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 (original combination)

Amaea sulcata is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

A thin, white shell with fine spiral striations; consisting of 7 narrow, rounded whorls, separated by a moderate suture and adorned with numerous closely spaced, thin lamellae. [2] [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan; in the East China Sea; also off Australia (Queensland).

References

  1. ^ a b Amaea sulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)). 5 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Tryon, G.W. (1879–1898). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. Ser.1, v.9 (Ser.1, v.9 ed.). Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 68. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  3. ^ Sowerby, G.B. II (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4). London: privately published. p. 102. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  • Nakayama (2003). "A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae)". Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 6: 21.