Common Name | Semisulcate moonsnail |
Language | English |
Type | AFS |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st Modifier | morphology |
2nd Modifier | |
Remarks | 'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'; 'sulcate', from Latin, 'sulcatus', 'sulcare', i.e., 'to furrow'; 'moon' here refers to the smooth globular shells of species in this family. |