Semiricinula muricoides ( Blainville, 1832 )

Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, Zootaxa 4162 (3), pp. 401-437 : 426

Semiricinula muricoides ( Blainville, 1832)

Figs 8 E–F

Purpura muricoides Blainville, 1832: 219 .

Semiricinula muricoides: Lozouet & Plaziat 2008: 126 –127, pl. 27, figs 4–5; Poppe 2008b: 214 –215, pl. 402, fig. 10, Houart & Heros 2013: 517, fig. 7C–D.

Semiricinula turbinoides: Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9 .

Material examined. Dam Bay, mangrove plantation and natural mangroves, about 20 specimens.

Abundance. Common.

Measurements. Up to 28 mm (Poppe 2008).

Ecological notes. In lower estuarine and marine mangals ( Lozouet & Plaziat 2008).

In studied sites it was found on rocks and roots of mangrove trees in upper and mid intertidal zone.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast ( Thach 2005).

General distribution. From eastern Indian Ocean, in Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines to Australia and Solomon Islands (OBIS, 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 8. A – B. Drupella margariticola (21 mm). C – D. Tenguella musiva (22 mm). E – F. Semiricinula muricoides (22 mm). G – H. Lataxiena blosvillei (44 mm). I – J. Amathinidae gen. sp. (5 mm). K – L. Otopleura sp. (10 mm). M – N. Otopleura auriscati (10 mm). O – P. Syrnola sp. (8 mm). Q – R. Cassidula aurisfelis (25 mm). S – T. Cassidula nucleus (22 mm). U – V. Melampus granifer (6 mm). W – X. Laemodonta siamensis (7 mm). Y – Z. Melampus cf. adamsianus (11 mm).