Broderipia cumingii
| Broderipia cumingii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
| Genus: | Broderipia |
| Species: | B. cumingii |
| Binomial name | |
| Broderipia cumingii A. Adams, 1851 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Margarita cumingii (A. Adams, 1851) | |
Broderipia cumingii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The broadly umbilicated shell has an elevated-conical shape. It is cinereus, painted with brown undulating lines. The whorls are ornamented with transverse riblets, the last with 3 median lirae, longitudinally elevated striate. The large umbilicus is encircled by a crenulated cingulus, and within elegantly decussated by radiating and transverse lines.[2] It is distinguished from Broderipia iridescens by its prominent angulated columellar margiu and granulato-corrugose surface.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Broderipia cumingii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594221 on 2012-11-23
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Margarita cumingii)
- ^ Adams, A. 1850. An arrangement of Stomatellidae, including the characters of a new genus Cumingia, with some additional generic characters; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pt. 18-19 (1850-1851) (described as Broderipia cumingii)