Aliculastrum secalinum explained

Aliculastrum secalinum is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Haminoeidae.^[1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) A cylindrically ovate shell featuring a small fissure, with the apex slightly truncated and minimally perforated. The shell has a horn-colored, semi-opaque appearance, and is entirely marked by transverse striations, which are more widely spaced and faint in the middle. The aperture is linear, with an oblique and slightly thickened inner lip, while the outer lip is nearly straight in its central portion.

This is a small, grain-like, horn-coloured species, with the apex small and truncate, and the outer lip hardly produced beyond it.^[2]

Distribution

The marine species in Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.

References

• Book: Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. . Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan . 1999 . Elle Scientific Publications . Yao, Japan.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aliculastrum secalinum (A. Adams, 1862) . www.gbif.org . 13 August 2024. en.
2. Adams . A. . On some new species of Cylichnidae, Bullidae and Philinidae from the Seas of China and Japan . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1862 . 3 . 9 . 150–161 . 13 August 2024.