Granata imbricata
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| Two views of a shell of Granata imbricata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Granata |
| Species: | G. imbricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Granata imbricata (Lamarck, 1816) [1]
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Granata imbricata, common names the imbricate margarite, tiled false ear shell, true wide-mouthed shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 43 mm. The solid shell is very much depressed. It is white with scattered reddish dots. Its surface is covered with very numerous, close, equal spiral riblets, separated by deep interstices. Seen closely, it is finely scaly. It has a low, short spire. The four whorls widen with extreme rapidity. The subhorizontal aperture is transverse-oval. It is lined with a closely sulcate silvery and iridescent nacre. The broad columella is flattened, and a little concave. Its edge is arched and thin. [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.
References
- ^ Lamarck, Anim. s. Vert, vi, p. 209.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Granata imbricata (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547208 on 2013-04-14
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII (described as Stomatella imbricata)
External links
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Granata imbricata
