Anguloclavus multicostatus

Anguloclavus multicostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Anguloclavus multicostatus
Original image of a shell of Anguloclavus multicostatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anguloclavus
Species:
A. multicostatus
Binomial name
Anguloclavus multicostatus
(Schepman, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Horaiclavus (Anguloclavus) multicostatus (Schepman, 1913)
  • Horaiclavus multicostatus (Schepman, 1913)
  • Mangilia multicostata Schepman, 1913

It was previously included within the family Turridae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) (The described shell is evidently not quite adult) The shell is fusiform, with a pyramidal spire and a short siphonal canal. The shell is thin, smooth, shining, yellowish-white with red-brown blotches in three more or less interrupted bands. The shell contains 9 whorls, of which about 2 form a smooth, convexly-whorled nucleus. The post-nuclear whorls are sharply angular. Their upper part is slightly concave and occupies about ⅔ of each whorl,. The sculpture consists of numerous, sharp axial ribs, 16 in number on the body whorl, with pointed tubercles at the angle, connected by a rather faint spiral..Moreover, there are very faint growth lines and spiral striae, more conspicuous on the base of the body whorl, especially on the ribs, and a few stronger ones on the siphonal canal. The aperture is oval, angular above, with a short, broad siphonal canal below. The peristome is broken, probably with very shallow sinus above. The columellar margin is concave above, directed to the left below along the siphonal canal, with a thin layer of enamel.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Mozambique Channel and off Madagascar; also off Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and in the Bismarck Sea.

References

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  • Shuto, 1983, New turrid taxa from Australian waters; Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyushu Univ. Geol. 25 (1):10 pl. 1 fig. 9, 10
  • Cernohorsky, W. O. (1987). "Taxonomic Notes on Some Deep-Water Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Malagasy Republic". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 24: 123–134. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906368. Wikidata Q58677293.
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