Microtis | |
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Drawing with two views of the animal and shell of Microtis tuberculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Microtis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1850 |
Type species | |
Microtis tuberculata Adams, A., 1850 | |
Synonyms | |
Stomatia (Microtis)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1850 |
Microtis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]
The spiral shell is suborbicular and depressed. It has two tuberculated ridges. The spire is slightly projecting. The aperture is very large, and wider than long. Its interior is pearly within. The columellar margin is spiral and visible as far as the apex of the spire. There is no operculum. [2]
Species within the genus Microtis (gastropod) include: [1]
The following species were brought into synonymy: [1]
This marine genus occurs off Northern Australia and in the South Pacific Ocean
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