Taxon profile
species
Sigatica semisulcata (Gray, 1839)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Naticidae - Moon Shells » genus Sigatica
ID: 1188765
pID: 1188760
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2016-04-13 21:59:29 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2022-11-24 22:34:21 - User Václav Hanzlík
Data last updated: 2022-11-24 22:34:22
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1188765/
Text function: [[t:1188765;<em>Sigatica semisulcata</em>]]
[[t:1188765;<em>Sigatica semisulcata</em>]] (Gray, 1839)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1188765/"><em>Sigatica semisulcata</em></a>
pID: 1188760
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2016-04-13 21:59:29 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2022-11-24 22:34:21 - User Václav Hanzlík
Data last updated: 2022-11-24 22:34:22
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1188765/
Text function: [[t:1188765;<em>Sigatica semisulcata</em>]]
[[t:1188765;<em>Sigatica semisulcata</em>]] (Gray, 1839)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1188765/"><em>Sigatica semisulcata</em></a>
Data source: World Wide Mollusc Species Data Base
Images
Author: Tunnell et al.
Author: Daccarett, E.Y. & Bossio, V.S.
Author: Dall, W.H.
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: Bahamas, United States of America (South Carolina, Texas), South America: Caribbean, Colombia
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 112394
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2021-11-11 20:10:46 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1188765,textblock=112394,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 112394
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2021-11-11 20:10:46 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Semisulcate Moonsnail
Distribution: South Carolina, Texas; West Indies. Size: 8 to 17 mm
Description: Color whitish, nuclear whorls dark tannish-white, postnuclear whorls grayish-white; shape globose; sculpture smooth; suture slightly channeled; nuclear whorls smooth; postnuclear whorl and body whorl with incised spiral lines crossed by fine axial growth lines; umbilical callus weak.
Habitat: On sand- or shell-type bottoms at depths from 0 to 60 m (197 ft). In Texas found at Stetson Bank and FGB.
Remarks: Similar to Polinices lacteus but much smaller and broader; color of shell more uniform in P. lacteus. See Jong and Coomans (1988); Redfern (2001). Synonym: Natica fordiana Simpson, 1887.
Distribution: South Carolina, Texas; West Indies. Size: 8 to 17 mm
Description: Color whitish, nuclear whorls dark tannish-white, postnuclear whorls grayish-white; shape globose; sculpture smooth; suture slightly channeled; nuclear whorls smooth; postnuclear whorl and body whorl with incised spiral lines crossed by fine axial growth lines; umbilical callus weak.
Habitat: On sand- or shell-type bottoms at depths from 0 to 60 m (197 ft). In Texas found at Stetson Bank and FGB.
Remarks: Similar to Polinices lacteus but much smaller and broader; color of shell more uniform in P. lacteus. See Jong and Coomans (1988); Redfern (2001). Synonym: Natica fordiana Simpson, 1887.
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Sigatica semisulcata (Gray, 1839)]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013