| Architectonicidae (Sundial shells) |
| 7 cm SHL (male/unsexed) |
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benthic; marine; depth range 10 - 120 m |
| Indo-Pacific: from East Africa, including Madagascar, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, to eastern Polynesia; north to Japan and Hawaii, and south to eastern South Australia. |
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Shell: thin and strong, low spire, breadth more than double the height, whorls are only slightly convex, almost flat, sutures deeply incised; flat base has a fairly wide and deep umbilicus surrounded by a nodular swelling; thin aperture lip is nearly square in shape; sculpture of the body whorl consists of a broad and slightly raised band running below the suture and two narrower and more raised bands at the periphery, with another three on the basal side; all bands are granular as they intersect with the growth lines, which are fairly incised; coloration is light brown on either side of white stripes, following the bands of the sculpture; operculum is horny, dark brown, slightly spiral, roughly central nucleus and with a tubercle on the inner surface. Body: radula is ptenoglossan, without a rachidial tooth and with fourteen pairs of lateral teeth. |
| Occasional bycatch by shrimp trawlers (Ref. 349). Found on sandy, weedy bottoms (Ref. 799) and muddy bottoms, in sublittoral areas (Ref. 128042). In general, members of the family Architectonicidae are carnivores (Ref. 67623). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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