Umbonium vestiarium

Scientific Name:-

Umbonium vestiarium

Common Name:-

Button top shell / Common button

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Mollusca

Status:-

Not evaluated Photo courtesy: Umbonium vestiarium

Description:-

shell small, compressed; disc shaped; solid; surface smooth and glossy; umbilicus present, densely calloused; numerous colour forms of the shell present varying from white greyish to dark purple; operculum thin, circular.

Threats:-

Not reported

Remark:-

Bijukumar (2012) reported the presence of this species along Kerala coast.

Habitat:-

Inter tidal; shallow sub tidal; sandy or muddy substrates

Synonyms:-

Globulus vestiarius Schumacher, 1817 (unnecessary substitute name and thus objective synonym); Trochus vestiarius Linnaeus, 1758

References:-

Biju Kumar, A. 2012. ‘Kerala Theerathe Kadal Jeevikal’ (Marine Animals of Kerala coast- A Field Guide). Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 304 pp. (In Malayalam)

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