Common name of Sigatica semisulcata
 
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.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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