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Vaceuchelus delpretei

Vaceuchelus delpretei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 4 mm. The , rather thick, whitish, shell has a conic-depressed shape. The apex is obtuse. The first 3 whorls are planate above. They are elegantly ornamented with elevated spiral ribs and longitudinal . The first whorl is nearly smooth. The body whorl is double as long as the spire It is , dilated and ornamented with 3 elevated on the lower part, 2 less elevated ones above. The base of the shell has 6 , minutely striated, concentric cinguli. The thin outer lip is by the external sulci. The columella is smooth, straight, excavated at its base, and scarcely forming a The white aperture is oblique and sulcate within.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

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