Stomatella callosa

Stomatella callosa
Drawing with three views of a shell of Stomatella callosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Stomatella
Species: S. callosa
Binomial name
Stomatella callosa
(P. Fischer, 1871) [1]
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.

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