Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong
Author
Lam, Katherine
Author
Morton, Brian
Author
Leung, K. F.
text
Journal of Natural History
2008
2008-03-31
42
9 - 12
927
952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701862674
journal article
10.1080/00222930701862674
1464-5262
5225019
Gyrineum natator
Ro
" ding, 1798
Description
Shell brown, depressed dorso-ventrally, covered with thick, round, black nodules regularly spaced on both sides. Axial ribs between varices crossed by spiral grooves and nodules. Thick outer lip corresponds to the last varix. Aperture white.
Type
locality
None designated.
Distribution
Common in the Indo-Pacific. Lower region of rocky shores to the subtidal zone.