Pugilina (Hemifusus) carnarium
(Roeding,
1798) (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
Description
Size: 110 mm in height
Color: Wheatish-brown, with a thick periostracum, aperture white.
Shell large, solid and heavy, body whorl wide with a short and blunt spire. Aperture very wide, outer lip thick and smooth; columella with callus from anterior to posterior end, smooth, umbilicus open; sculptured with one row of small tubercles just near the suture on spire whorls, two rows of strong tubercles on the body whorl, one at the shoulder being larger than the one below it, spiral cords on the spire whorls and on the body whorl below the lower row of tubercles.
Size: 110 mm in height
Color: Wheatish-brown, with a thick periostracum, aperture white.
Shell large, solid and heavy, body whorl wide with a short and blunt spire. Aperture very wide, outer lip thick and smooth; columella with callus from anterior to posterior end, smooth, umbilicus open; sculptured with one row of small tubercles just near the suture on spire whorls, two rows of strong tubercles on the body whorl, one at the shoulder being larger than the one below it, spiral cords on the spire whorls and on the body whorl below the lower row of tubercles.
Synonym (s)
• Melongena bucephala Lamarck, 1822
• Melongena bucephala Lamarck, 1822
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Gujarat INDIA
• Gujarat INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Subba Rao, NV (2003) Indian seashells Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
Page last updated on:2012-08-29
