Recluzia jehennei

Recluzia jehennei Petit, 1853

Overview

This is a large, shelled pelagic snail. It lives in the pleuston and has no swimming fins. The dextral shell is highly coiled, and has about 5 concave whorls. The aperture is round. The colour is bluish-brown on the upperside and on underside is white. There are faint spiral ribs on the teleoconch. It is a carnivore predating on relatively large floating animals (Recluzia jehennei 1). It lives in the Indian ocean.

Taxonomic Description

This is a large, shelled pelagic snail. It lives in the pleuston and has no swimming fins. The dextral shell is highly coiled, and has about 5 concave whorls. The aperture is round. The colour is bluish brown at the upperside and on underside is white. There are faint spiral ribs on the teleoconch (Recluzia jehennei, Recluzia jehennei 2). The first whorls of the spire are decalcified (Recluzia jehennei apex).
Shell up to 20 mm high.

Juveniles

The juveniles have a dextrally coiled shell. A special description is not available.

Distribution

Found in the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean, see the Recluzia jehennei map.

Types

The types are not yet located (Recluzia jehennei 2).