Trochus cariniferus

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Trochus cariniferus is a species of small sea snail, a

marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the
top snails.[2]

Kilburn, R. N. 1972. Taxonomic notes on South

African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of
new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum
21(2):391-437, 15 gs.

Description

The size of the adult shell of this species varies between

10 mm and 30 mm. The rather thin, false-umbilicate
shell has a wide-conical shape. It is, dark green, the upper surface irregularly broadly maculate with crimson or
purplish red. The ribs of the base are articulated with
the same. The about six whorls are somewhat convex.
The upper surface of each whorl shows usually four or
ve spiral closely granose lirae, in the interstices between
which sharp microscopic oblique and spiral striae are visible under a lens. The body whorl is carinated at the
periphery, usually with six lirae on the upper surface,
convex beneath, concentrically lirate, the lime very narrow, feebly granose or nearly smooth, separated by wide
lightly obliquely striate interspaces, the inner lirae closer.
The aperture is rhomboidal. The columella is not folded
above, but straight from the insertion to the base, its edge
simple. The umbilical area is deep, rather narrow, white,
smooth, with a spiral rib just inside the margin, and with
its outer border tinged with red.[3]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean o

Tanzania, Madagascar and South Africa.

References

[1] Beck in Reeve, Conch. Syst. ii, t. 118, f. 8, 1842.

[2] Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Trochus cariniferus
Reeve, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?
p=taxdetails&id=216340 on 2014-06-12
[3] H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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