Mumiola spirata
Appearance
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Drawing of a shell of Mumiola spirata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Mumiola |
Species: | M. spirata
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Binomial name | |
Mumiola spirata (A. Adams, 1853)
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Mumiola spirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The white shell is covered under a yellowish or brownish epidermis. Its length measures 7 mm. It is longitudinally plicate and transversely grooved. The sutures are channeled. The teleoconch contains eight gradate whorls. The columella has an oblique fold.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mumiola spirata (A. Adams, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588313 on 2011-11-29
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 315; 1889
- Trew, A. (1992). Henry and Arthur Adams's new molluscan names. Cardiff : National Museum of Wales. 63 pp.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp