Trochus camelophorus
| Trochus camelophorus | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Trochus camelophorus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Trochus |
| Species: | T. camelophorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trochus camelophorus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Trochus (Camelotrochus) camelophorus Webster, 1906 | |
Trochus camelophorus is a
Description
The height of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 12 mm. The solid, false-umbilicate, pink shell has a conical shape. Its
teleoconch are slightly shouldered above, flat, the last one sharply angled at the periphery. The suture is marked by a deep groove behind the first roping of succeeding whorl. The aperture is subquadrangular, inside slightly pearly.. The outer and basal lip are slightly convex, forming an acute angle at their junction. The columella is slightly oblique, with a distinct fold above, rounded, and smooth. The false umbilicus is not very deep, and has a strong spiral fold, which is sometimes distinctly grooved, thus having the appearance of two spiral ribs lying close together.[3]
Distribution
This marine species is
endemic to New Zealand, known from the northern end of North Island
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References
- ^ Webster, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, xxxviii, 1905 (1906), 309, pi. 39, f. 1, la.
- ^ a b Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Trochus camelophorus Webster, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598209 on 2014-06-12
- ^ Suter H. (1913-1915), Manual of New Zealand Mollusca; Wellington, N. Z. :J. Mackay, govt. printer,1913-1915
- ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Marshall B.A. 1998. A review of the Recent Trochini of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19(1): 73-106