Ethalia striolata
| Ethalia striolata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Ethalia striolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Ethalia |
| Species: | E. striolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethalia striolata (A. Adams, 1855) | |
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Ethalia striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]
Description
The subglobulose, subperforate shell has a discoidal shape and is transversely striate. The five whorls are slightly convex. They are ornamented with very narrow transverse, white articulated lines. The base of the shell is smooth, reddish-brown maculated at the periphery, with a reddish zone around the umbilical region. The callus is white, small, partly concealing the umbilicus. The aperture is oval. [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique, East Africa, Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia, Indonesia, Cocos Keeling Islands. and off Borneo.
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2012). Ethalia striolata (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572119 on 2012-11-23
- ↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
- ↑ H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Adams, A. 1855. A monograph of Umbonium (Rotella), a genus of Trochidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 187-189
- Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93-217
- Kilburn, R.N. 1977. Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1): 173-214
External links
| External identifiers for Ethalia striolata | |
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| WoRMS | 572119 |
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