Microtis (gastropod)

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Microtis
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Drawing with two views of the animal and shell of Microtis tuberculata
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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]

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Description

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

Species within the genus Microtis (gastropod) include: [1]


The following species were brought into synonymy: [1]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Northern Australia and in the South Pacific Ocean

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