Enida japonica

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Enida japonica
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Drawing of a shell of Enida japonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Enida
Species:
E. japonica
Binomial name
Enida japonica
A. Adams, 1860 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Chlorostoma miyatenseYokoyama, 1920
  • Calliostoma expansumSchepman, 1908
  • Enida speciosaA. Adams, 1860
  • Gibbula japonicaA. Adams, 1860
  • Trochus (Gibbula) japonicusE. A. Smith, 1875

Enida japonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2] [3]

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Description

The depressed-conical shell is profoundly umbilicated. The 5½ whorls are slightly convex and ornamented with transverse granulose lirae. The interstices are obliquely longitudinally striated. The body whorl is encircled by a prominent crenulated carina at the periphery. The aperture is subquadrate. The inner lip is reflexed in the middle. The outer lip smooth within. The base of the shell shows a close grnuulose line. The umbilicus is moderate. The color of the shell is pale brown, ornamented with radiating brown patches. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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References

  1. ↑ A. Adams, Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1860, p. 408
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Enida japonica A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547244 on 2012-11-23
  3. ↑ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
  4. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Gibbula japonica)
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