Zeacumantus subcarinatus

Taxobox
name = "Zeacumantus subcarinatus"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Mesogastropoda
familia = Potamididae
genus = Zeacumantus
species = "Z. subcarinatus"
binomial = "Zeacumantus subcarinatus"
binomial_authority = (Sowerby, 1855)

"Zeacumantus subcarinatus" is a species of small sea snail or mud snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, found in the Chatham Islands, the North Island, and the northern half of the South Island.

Habitat

This snail is very common on muddy intertidal rocks which remain damp at low tide.

hell description

The shell is smaller than its relative "Zeacumantus lutulentus", with sculpturing of closely spaced broad axial folds crossed by deep spiral grooves that cut the axials into three spiral rows of squarish nodes. On the base there are three strong smooth spiral cords.

The shell coloration is uniformly brownish-black.

The shell height is up to 16 mm, and width up to 6 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* Miller M & Batt G, "Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand", William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973