Trichosirius octocarinatus

Taxobox
name = "Trichosirius octocarinatus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusc
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Littorinimorpha
superfamilia = Calyptraeoidea
familia = Capulidae
genus = "Trichosirius"
species = "T. octocarinatus"
binomial = "Trichosirius octocarinatus"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1931
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"Trichosirius octocarinatus" is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Capulidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Island, Bounty Island, and Auckland Islands.

Habitat

This snail lives at depths of about 90 m.

hell description

The shell is smaller and more solid than "Trichosirius inornatus", with stronger sculpture and less prominently shouldered whorls.

The shell coloration is light ochraceous-buff.

The shell height is up to 6.5 mm, and width up to 4.25 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1