Etrema scalarina

Etrema scalarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Etrema
Species:	E. scalarina
Binomial name
Etrema scalarina (Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms [1]
Clathurella scalarina(Deshayes, 1863) Defrancia scalarina(Deshayes, 1863) Glyphostoma callistumHervier, 1896 Glyphostoma scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863) Pleurotoma scalarinaDeshayes, 1863

Etrema scalarina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae. ^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate sutural band, and another below the middle of the body whorl only. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion; in the Central Pacific Ocean.

References

1. Etrema scalarina (Deshayes, 1863) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 December 2025.
2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 296; 1884 (described as Clathurella scalarina)

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

• "Etrema (Etremopa) scalarina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 August 2011.