Ethalia polita
Species of gastropod
Ethalia polita | |
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Drawing of a shell of Ethalia polita | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Ethalia |
Species: | E. polita |
Binomial name | |
Ethalia polita A. Adams, 1862 | |
Synonyms | |
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Ethalia polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The white, solid, semi-opaque shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. The whorls are almost conical and the base is convex containing a large callus. The whorls are obsoletely transversely striated. The round aperture has a continuous peristome.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species