Stomatolina

Stomatolina
Apical view of a shell of Stomatolina angulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Stomatolina
Iredale, 1937 [1]
Type species
Stomatella rufescens Gray, 1847

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

Description

The depressed shell is rather flattened above and below. The aperture is quite oblique. The sculpture consists of numerous spirals, of which several have low carinae, more numerous intermediate riblets, and still more numerous interstitial spiral striae. These are sometimes decussated by growth lines.[3]

Distribution

This maritime genus occurs in the Red Sea and off Indo-Malaysia, Oceania, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Korea, the Philippines and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).

Species

Species within the genus Stomatolina include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species [5]

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