Stomatella callosa | |
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Drawing with three views of a shell of Stomatella callosa | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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Stomatella callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]
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]
This species occurs in the Red Sea.
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