Stomatella callosa

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Stomatella callosa
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Drawing with three views of a shell of Stomatella callosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Stomatella
Species:
S. callosa
Binomial name
Stomatella callosa
(P. Fischer, 1871) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Gena callosaP. Fischer, 1871
  • Gena marmorataPallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
  • Stomatella marmorata(Pallary, 1926) ·

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 7 mm. The complanate shell is ovate, elongated, transversely delicately striate and contains two whorls. The apex is somewhat prominent. The oblong aperture is ear-shaped. Its right lip is simple, somewhat excavated in the middle. The columella is margined, strong, thickened, callous and provided with a tooth-like tubercle. The margins are continuous and joined by a callus. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

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