| Ethalia polita | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Ethalia polita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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]
This marine species occurs off Japan.
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Umbonium, sometimes known as the "button top shells", is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia bellardii is a species of sea snail with a top-shaped shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Quinnia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Seguenziidae.
Eulimella polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia alia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Tibersyrnola cinnamomea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Ethaliella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia carneolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia guamensis, common name the Guam button top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia minolina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethaliella pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Anatoma japonica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Anatomidae.
Ethalia nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia omphalotropis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia rufula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ethalia sanguinea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top-snails.
Ethaliella capillata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.