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Lachryma sulcifera

Gastropoda - Eratoidae

Taxonomy
Erato sulcifera was named by Sowerby (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Proterato (Proterato) sulcifera by Schilder (1933) and Cate (1967); it was recombined as Lachryma sulcifera by Cernohorsky (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Erato sulcifera Sowerby p. 15 fig. 46
1933Proterato (Proterato) sulcifera Schilder p. 248 fig. 22
1967Proterato (Proterato) sulcifera Cate p. 371 figs. Plate 52, Figures 22, 22a
1971Lachryma sulcifera Cernohorsky p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyEratoidaeGill 1871
subfamilyEratoinaeGill 1871
genusLachrymaGray 1832
speciessulcifera(Sowerby 1832)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lachryma sulcifera Sowerby 1832
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. N. Cate 1967Marginellid in shape, spire elevated, apex blunt, labial lip moderately broad, roundly angulatc near shoulder; greenish or light greenish-fawn in colour, rarely greenish-white, occasionally banded with 1 - 3 bright green or greenish-brown transverse bands which may be broken up into blotches. Anterior extremity pinkish-brown or orange-brown. Sculptured with a deep or shallow dorsal groove, numerous small granules which may coalesce into short or long axial riblets ; some specimens are smooth and only granulose at the shoulder and spire. Labial lip with 15-21 denticles, which are either short or produced to the margin; columellar terminal ridge is transversely striate, columellar teeth are small denticles which may become obsolete posteriorly, and number from 8 to 18. Aperture is narrow, fossula either narrow or broad.