Fossarina patula

Fossarina patula
Drawing of a shell of Fossarina patula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Fossarina
Species: F. patula
Binomial name
Fossarina patula
(A. Adams & Angas, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Fossarina brazieri Angas, 1871
  • Fossarina funiculata Tenison-Woods, 1880

Fossarina patula is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. The shell is widely umbilicated, with alternate larger and smaller tuberculated spiral ribs. The ribs are simple on the base. The umbilicus is acutely carinate-margined. The shell is whitish, sparsely maculated with dark brown. The three whorls are convex. The outer lip is ascending posteriorly.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Fossarina patula (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719227 on 2014-03-02

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