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Ethalia polita

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Ethalia polita
Drawing of a shell of Ethalia polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Ethalia
Species:
E. polita
Binomial name
Ethalia polita
A. Adams, 1862
Synonyms
  • Notopeplum victoriensis Cossmann, A.E.M.
  • Umbonium polita (A. Adams, 1862)

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

Description

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The white, solid, semi-opaque shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. The whorls are almost conical and the base is convex containing a large callus. The whorls are obsoletely transversely striated. The round aperture has a continuous peristome.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Ethalia polita A. Adams, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732108 on 2014-06-29
  2. ^ A. (1862). On some new species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 9: 295-298
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