Vaceuchelus clathratus
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| Vaceuchelus clathratus | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Vaceuchelus clathratus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
| Species: | V. clathratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853) | |
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Vaceuchelus clathratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[1]
The height of the shell attains 6½ mm. The dull white, imperforate shell has an ovate-conic, subventricose shape. The apex is rather obtuse. The shell is ornamented with strong spiral subnodose ribs, decussated by elevated rib-striae cutting the interstices into square pits, of which there are 3 or 4 series on the third whorl, 4 on the penultimate, and 7 on the last; The five, rounded whorls are separated by a deep, subcanaliculate suture. The rounded, almost pearly aperture is oblique. The outer lip is duplicate. Its edge is acute, crenulated, and sulcate inside. The simple columella is vertical.[2]