Jujubinus polychromaa

Jujubinus polychroma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Jujubinus polychromaa
A shell of Jujubinus polychroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Jujubinus
Species:	J. polychroma
Binomial name
Jujubinus polychroma (A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
Calliostoma polychroma Pilsbry, H.A. 1889 Calliostoma vexillum Pilsbry, H.A. 1889 Cantharidus (Cantharidus) gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Cantharidus (Jujubinus) gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Cantharidus (Thalotia) polychroma Schepman, M.M. 1908 Cantharidus gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Cantharidus polychroma (A. Adams, 1853) Jujubinus gilberti (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878) Jujubinus obscurus Thiele, J., 1930 Kanekotrochus gilberti Montrouzier, R.P. in Fischer, 1878 Trochus gilberti Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878 Ziziphinus polychroma A. Adams, 1851 (original combination) Ziziphinus polychromus sic

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 18 mm. The perforate shell has a turreted-conic shape. It is, green, painted with undulating white bands, varied with buff angular lines. The plane whorls are subimbricating. They are ornamented with a slightly prominent articulated margin, subdistant impressed transverse lines, and longitudinally substriated. The body whorl is angulate The base of the shell is a little convex, sculptured with cinguli articulated with buff The aperture is subquadrate and green inside. The columella is straight subtruncate at its base.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia