Ethalia polita
Appearance
Ethalia polita | |
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Drawing of a shell of Ethalia polita | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Ethalia |
Species: | E. polita
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Binomial name | |
Ethalia polita A. Adams, 1862
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Synonyms | |
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Ethalia polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ A. (1862). On some new species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 9: 295-298