Vermetus renisectus ( Carpenter, 1857 )
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701862674 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2A77F-6B5E-FF82-35E0-802AFE5B8E4F |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
|
scientific name |
Vermetus renisectus ( Carpenter, 1857 ) |
| status |
|
Vermetus renisectus ( Carpenter, 1857)
Description
Operculum circular, concave with a spiral, flat lamina of 1.5 whorls and less than the apertural diameter of the shell. Shell attached to substratum by loose, irregular basal whorls and give rise to an off-substrata apertural opening.
Type locality
‘‘in Oceano?Indico’’.
Distribution
Indo Pacific. Attached to current-scoured hard substrata. Eastern Hong Kong ( Hughes 1985).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.