Proterato (Eratoena) sulcifera (Sowerby, 1832)
Length: 4.7mm, Width: 2.9mm, Height: 2.5mm. Less than 5 ft, within a clump of Halimeda algae growing over coral rubble. Seaplane Ramp, Apra Harbor, Guam. Collected by Bob Abela on 07 Dec 2004.
Top Row - Length: 4.0mm, Width: 2.4mm, Height: 2.0mm. Bottom Row - Length: 3.8mm, Width: 2.2mm, Height: 2.0mm. Both were underneath rocks along perimeter of a pit just beyond the reef drop, ~25 ft. Tanguissan Beach, Guam. Collected by Bob Abela on 21 June 2005.
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Habitat: Coral rubble, particularly with heavy vegetation.
Availability: Easily overlooked though common on Guam.
Size: Less than 5.0mm.
References
Cernohorsky, Walter O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol II. p. 93, pl. 24, fig. 4-4a.
Liltved, William Rune. 1989. Cowries and their Relatives of Southern Africa. p. 191.
Wilson, Barry. 1993. Australian Marine Shells, Part One. p. 213 (text only).
Links
- Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut's Eurasia Shells
- Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
- Machiko Yamada's Micro Shells
- Des Beechey's The Seashells of New South Wales
- OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database