Catalogue information

LastDodo number
9262501
Area
Naturalia
Title
Canarium scalariforme
Method of conservation
Part of plant /animal
Gender
Sub-specie
Type reference
Weight
 g
Dimensions
 x  x  cm
Details

The name scalarifome has been described with reference to a freak shell. Despite this, the name is still accepted. This species is also known as haemastoma. Small species from the Western Pacific Islands. recognizable by the red mouth and the elongated shell with folds. Pictured specimen was collected dead in the Philippines. Only half a dozen specimens from the Philippines are known.

This text has been translated automatically from Dutch

Click here for the original text