Umbonium eloiseae

Umbonium eloiseae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Umbonium eloiseae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Umbonium
Species:
U. eloiseae
Binomial name
Umbonium eloiseae
Dance, Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Umbonium eloiseae Dance, Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701814 on 2012-11-23
  2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Umbonium eloiseae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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