Camitia

Camitia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Camitia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 [1]
Type species
Camitia pulcherrima Gray, J.E., 1842

Camitia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The orbicular shell is, depressed, smooth, and polished. The axisis imperforate. The columella is spirally twisted above, forming a false-umbilicus, with a simple margin. The columella has an edentulate edge and ends in a point.[3]

Distribution

The species in this marine genus occur off China and Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Camitia include:[2]

References

External links

External identifiers for Camitia
WoRMS 512311
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