Vaceuchelus cavernosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | Chilodontaidae |
Genus: | Vaceuchelus |
Species: | V. cavernosus
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Binomial name | |
Vaceuchelus cavernosus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)
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Synonyms | |
Euchelus cavernosus G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 (original combination) |
Vaceuchelus cavernosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontaidae. [1] [2]
The altitude of the shell attains 7½ mm, its maximum diameter 7¼ mm.
A small globular white shell, containing five whorls; very conspicuously and profoundly pitted between the rounded nodulous keels. [3]
This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.