Cantharidus picturatus (Adams, 1851)
Cantharidus picturatus
photo by Coltro, Marcus

Family:  Trochidae (Top shells)
Max. size:  1.8 cm SHH (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine
Distribution:  Western Central Pacific: Philippines and Indonesia.
Diagnosis:  Shell is small, triangulate in outline with a tall, sharply acute spire. Whorls are sculptured with fine spiral grooves and a pronounced presutural ridge on each whorl. Base is more course and spirally striate, with axial threads in the interspaces. Aperture is ovate with a small umbilical tooth.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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