Harasewychia harasewychi

Harasewychia harasewychi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Harasewychia harasewychi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Genus:
Harasewychia
Species:
H. harasewychi
Binomial name
Harasewychia harasewychi
Petuch, 1987

Description

Original description: "General shell form and color for genus; shoulder and spire whorls sharply-angled, giving shell tabulate appearance; periphery of shoulder with one strong, carina-like cord; 15-17 thin, evenly-spaced axial ribs per whorl; ribs overlaid by 10 large spiral cords; large, knoblike bead produced at intersection of axial and spiral cords; fine spiral threads between large spiral cords and on siphonal canal; sloping area between shoulder cord and suture without coarse sculpture."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Near Los Monges Island, mouth of the Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela."[3]

References
  1. Harasewychia harasewychi Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 101. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 101. Publ: CERF


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