Cidarina cidaris
| Cidarina cidaris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Calliotropidae |
| Genus: | Cidarina |
| Species: | C. cidaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Cidarina cidaris (Carpenter, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cidarina cidaris, common name Adam's spiny margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[1][2]
Description
The height of the gray to grayish white shell attains 20 mm.
(Original description in Latin by Carpenter) "Testa magna, conica, Turcicoidea, tenui ; albido-cinerea, nacreo-argentata ; anfr. nucleosis —? (decollatis), norm, vii, subplanatis, suturis alte insculptis ; superficie spirae tota valide tuberculosa, seriebus tribus, alteris postea intercalantibus; peripheria et basi rotundatis, carinatis; carinis circ. 8, haud acutis, irregularibus, scabris, haud tuberculosis; lacuna umbilicali vix conspicua ; apertura subrotundata ; labro tenuissimo; labio obsoleto ; columella arcuata. "
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cidarina cidaris (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528712 on 2013-04-14
- ↑ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
- Carpenter (1864), Ann. and Mag. N. H. xiv (3d ser.), p. 426.
External links
- To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Cidarina cidaris