Stomatella callosa
Stomatella callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
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| Drawing with three views of a shell of Stomatella callosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Stomatella |
| Species: | S. callosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Stomatella callosa (P. Fischer, 1871) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gena callosa P. Fischer, 1871 | |
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.
References
- Fischer, Journ. de Conchyl. 1871, p. 218.
- Stomatella callosa (P. Fischer, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890 (described as Gena callosa)
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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