Steromphala nivosa

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Steromphala nivosa
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Steromphala nivosa specimens at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Steromphala
Species:
S. nivosa
Binomial name
Steromphala nivosa
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Gibbula altimiraiNordsieck 1982
  • Gibbula nivosaA. Adams, 1853
  • Gibbula rotellaMonterosato 1888
  • Trochus pictusPhilippi 1846

Steromphala nivosa, common name the Maltese top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm. The umbilicate shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. It is gray with almost round spots. It is sulcatei in a crosswise direction and longitudinally substriate. The aperture is almost round. The columella is flexuous. The base of the shell is rounded. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala nivosa (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039848 on 2020-12-30
  2. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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