Cantharidus bisculptus

Original drawing of a shell of Cantharidus bisculptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Trochidae
Genus:  | Cantharidus
Species:  |

C. bisculptus

Binomial name
Cantharidus bisculptus

E.A. Smith, 1906

Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma bisculptum E.A. Smith

Cantharidus bisculptus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[1]

## Description

The height of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 8 mm. The shell has an acute conical shape. It is angulate. The 15 spirals above the angle are much finer than those upon the base. The colour may be variable but in the original greyish white example examined, the brown stripes are divided down the middle by a whitish line. They are slightly undulating and the basal lirae are spotted with the same blackish brown colour. The seven whorls are not quite flat as the rounded keel, which passes above the suture, causes a faint swelling at the lower part. The aperture is subquadrate. The lip is sharp and slightly thickened on the inside. The white columella is slightly arcuate and reflexed. The slight umbilical perforation is sometimes covered by the reflexed columella.[2]

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and off Durban, South Africa

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cantharidus bisculptus E.A. Smith, 1906. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2010.
2. ↑ Smith, E.A. (1906) On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Government Museum, 1, 19–71, pls. 7–8

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