Stomatella callosa
Appearance
Stomatella callosa | |
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Drawing with three views of a shell of Stomatella callosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Stomatella |
Species: | S. callosa
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Binomial name | |
Stomatella callosa (P. Fischer, 1871) [1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
Gena callosa P. Fischer, 1871 |
Stomatella callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm , its diameter 7 mm. The complanate shell is ovate, elongated, transversely delicately striate and contains two whorls. The apex is somewhat prominent. The oblong aperture is ear-shaped. Its right lip is simple, somewhat excavated in the middle. The columella is margined, strong, thickened, callous and provided with a tooth-like tubercle. The margins are continuous and joined by a callus. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea.
References
- ^ Fischer, Journ. de Conchyl. 1871, p. 218.
- ^ a b Stomatella callosa (P. Fischer, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890 (described as Gena callosa)
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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