Stomatella impertusa

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Stomatella impertusa
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A shell of Stomatella impertusa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Stomatella
Species:
S. impertusa
Binomial name
Stomatella impertusa
(Burrow, 1815) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gena dilectaGould, 1859
  • Gena luteaA. Adams, 1854
  • Gena variaAdams A. 1851
  • Haliotis impertusaBurrow, 1815 (original description)
  • Plocamotis impertusaIredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962
  • Stomatella nigraQuoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834
  • Stomatella planulataLamarck, 1827

Stomatella impertusa, common name the strigose stomatella or the elongate false ear shell, 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 varies between 5 mm and 25 mm. The small, thin shell has a lengthened oval shape. It is shining, yellowish-green, ornamented with white triangular spots with dark apices, sometimes in series. The shell is decussated by incremental and deeper spiral striae. The shell contains three whorls and a nearly terminal apex. The narrow aperture is oval, its ventral face nearly level. Inside it is shining and greenish. The shell is very delicate and slender, allied to Stomatella planulata, a much larger species, and Stomatella auricula, [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Southwest Pacific, off East India, the Philippines, Australia, Japan, in the Red Sea and as a casual find in the Mediterranean Sea.

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References

  1. Burrow, E.I. 1815. Elements of Conchology, according to the Linnean system. London : Burrow i–xv, 248 pp., pls 1–28
  2. Stomatella impertusa (Burrow, 1815) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 December 2012.
  3. H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890 (described as Gena dilacta)