Umbonium vestiarium
| Umbonium vestiarium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Umboniinae |
| Genus: | Umbonium |
| Species: | U. vestiarium |
| Binomial name | |
| Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Umbonium vestiarium, common name the button tops, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
Th solid, rounded shells, areup to 2 cm wide. They are similar to Oxystele (above) but are more flattened and show a glossy, highly variable and colourfully patterned exterior. [1]
Habitat
They can be found on eulittoral sand.
Distribution
Indo-Pacific.
References
- 1 2 3 Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- 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.
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