Jujubinus polychroma

Jujubinus polychroma
Shell of Jujubinus polychroma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Jujubinus
Species:	J. polychroma
Binomial name
Jujubinus polychroma (A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
Calliostoma polychroma (A. Adams, 1853) Cantharidus (Jujubinus) tristis Thiele, 1930 Cantharidus (Thalotia) polychroma (A. Adams, 1853) Cantharidus polychroma (A. Adams, 1853) Cantharidus polychromus [sic] (misspelling) Cantharidus tristis Thiele, 1930 Ziziphinus polychroma A. Adams, 1853 superseded combination Ziziphinus polychromus [sic] (misspelling)

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

Description

The shell is turreted-conic, perforate, and green, adorned with undulating white bands interspersed with angular buff-colored lines. The whorls are flat and slightly overlapping (subimbricating), featuring a slightly prominent, articulated margin. They are further ornamented with subdistant, impressed transverse lines and fine longitudinal striations.

The body whorl is angulate, with a slightly convex base sculptured by articulated cinguli in buff tones. The aperture is subquadrate and green on the inside. The columella is straight and slightly truncated at the base.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from the Persian Gulf to the Philippines; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

See also

• Jujubinus

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Jujubinus polychroma (A. Adams, 1853)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
2. Tryon, G.W. (1879). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species Ser.1,v.11. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 364. Retrieved 31 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv
• Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls
• Schepman, M.M. 1908. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa. With an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh [Pectinobranchiata]. Siboga-Expéditie Report 49a(1): pp. 1-108, 9 pls
• Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441

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): 168.