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
Diodora quadriradiata
(Reeve, 1850)
(
Figure 4A
)
Figure 4. A and B,
Diodora quadriradiata
, height×length565.5×14.22 mm; C and D,
Cypraea arabica arabica
juvenile, height×width510.32×4.88 mm; E and F,
Ergalatax contracta
, height×width514.58×6.7 mm; G and H,
Thais luteostoma
, height×width5 24.83×16.22 mm; I and J,
Engina armillata
height×width58.35×4.67 mm.
Description
Shell length of
Hong Kong
specimens,
15 mm
, conical with an almost central hole. Shell sculptured by dense radial ribs crossed by concentric growth lamellae.
Type
locality
The
Philippines
.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific. Intertidal to
10–
30 m
.