Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Seguenzioidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Chilodontidae | |
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Vaceuchelus angulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.
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Herbert (2012) considers this species almost certainly as a junior synonym of Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853)
Description
This species is more elongated and conical than Vaceuchelus foveolatus. The body whorl is biangulate by the prominence of two median lirae. The lirae above these are small or subobsolete. The height of the shell attains 5 mm. The shell is imperforate when adult.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Polynesia.
References
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