Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae | |
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Similar Cantharidus, Jujubinus striatus, Jujubinus, Trochoidea, Calliostoma | ||
Cantharidus polychroma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 18 mm. The perforate shell has a turreted-conic shape. It is, green, painted with undulating white bands, varied with buff angular lines. The plane whorls are subimbricating. They are ornamented with a slightly prominent articulated margin, subdistant impressed transverse lines, and longitudinally substriate. The body whorl is angulate The base of the shell is a little convex, sculptured with cinguli articulated with buff The aperture is subquadrate and green inside. The columella is straight subtruncate at its base.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia
References
Cantharidus polychroma Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA