Cantharidus capillaceus coruscans

Taxobox
name = "Cantharidus capillaceus coruscans"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia = Trochacea
familia = Trochidae
genus = "Cantharidus"
species = "C. capillaceus coruscans"
trinomial = "Cantharidus capillaceus coruscans"
trinomial_authority = (Hedley, 1916)
synonyms = "Cantharidus perobtusus" Suter, 1913
"Photinula coruscans" Hedley, 1916

"Cantharidus capillaceus coruscans" is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island, south of New Zealand.

hell description

The shell is similar in sculpture and coloration to "Cantharidus capillaceus capillaceus" but is more squat, with a low, broadly conical spire, and a large, very broad body whorl.

The shell height is up to 23 mm, and the width is up to 21.5 mm.

References

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