Vaceuchelus cretaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Seguenzioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Vetigastropoda Ordo: Seguenziida Superfamilia: Seguenzioidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genus: Vaceuchelus
Species: Vaceuchelus cretaceus

Name

• Vaceuchelus cretaceus Herbert, 2012: 447, figs. 4J, 6F, 39–41

Holotype: NMSA E1761/T2600.

Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: off Boteler Point (27.00°S 32.92°E), -70 m, coral rubble, dredged NMDP, RV Meiring Naude, st’n ZB5, 6.vi.1987.

Etymology: From Greek creta (white earth or chalk); in reference to the superficial chalk-like intritacalx deposit on the shell.

References

• Herbert, D.G. 2012: A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502.