Ethalia striolata

Last updated

Ethalia striolata
Ethalia striolata 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Ethalia striolata
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Ethalia
Species:
E. striolata
Binomial name
Ethalia striolata
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ethalia (Ethaliella) striolata(A. Adams, 1855)
  • Rotella striolataA. Adams in Sowerby
  • Rotella trilobataSowerby
  • Trilobata trilobataSowerby III, 1903.
  • Umbonium (Ethalia) striolatumAdams A., 1855 (original description)

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

Contents

Description

The subglobulose, subperforate shell has a discoidal shape and is transversely striate. The five whorls are slightly convex. They are ornamented with very narrow transverse, white articulated lines. The base of the shell is smooth, reddish-brown maculated at the periphery, with a reddish zone around the umbilical region. The callus is white, small, partly concealing the umbilicus. The aperture is oval. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique, East Africa, Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia, Indonesia, Cocos Keeling Islands. and off Borneo.

Related Research Articles

Toxiclionella tumida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Daphnella delicata</i> Species of gastropod

Daphnella delicata, common name the delicate pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Eucyclotoma trivaricosa</i> Species of gastropod

Eucyclotoma trivaricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Isodaphne albolineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Tritonoturris obesa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Tritonoturris phaula</i> Species of gastropod

Tritonoturris phaula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Turris garnonsii</i> Species of gastropod

Turris garnonsii, common name Garnons' pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

<i>Oxystele tigrina</i> Species of gastropod

Oxystele tigrina, common name the tiger top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Granata sulcifera</i> Species of Gastropoda

Granata sulcifera is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.

<i>Perrinia stellata</i> Species of gastropod

Perrinia stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.

<i>Umbonium vestiarium</i> Species of mollusc

Umbonium vestiarium, common name the button tops, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Ethalia</i> Genus of gastropods

Ethalia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Canarium wilsonorum</i> Species of gastropod

Canarium wilsonorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

<i>Liotella cancellata</i> Species of gastropod

Liotella cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

<i>Calliotrochus marmoreus</i> Species of gastropod

Calliotrochus marmoreus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Ethalia bysma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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.

<i>Ethminolia durbanensis</i> Species of gastropod

Ethminolia durbanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Monilea philippii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Spectamen franciscanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2012). Ethalia striolata (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572119 on 2012-11-23
  2. ↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
  3. ↑ H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.