Cyclostrema solariellum explained

Cyclostrema solariellum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm and its diameter 1.5 mm. The thin, whitish shell is depressed and a deep umbilicus. It contains four whorls with the last one rapidly increasing in size. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is simple. It has a double row of gemmules on the lirae below the sutures, and at the base, around the umbilicus.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mumbai, India.

References

• Melvill J.C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq.. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 7: 52-67, 1 pl.
• Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cyclostrema solariellum Melvill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701868 on 2012-12-03
2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.