Stomatella ungula

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Stomatella ungula
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Original drawing with two views of a shell of Stomatella ungula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Stomatella
Species:
S. ungula
Binomial name
Stomatella ungula
(Hedley, 1907)
Synonyms(Hedley, 1907)
  • Gena ungulaHedley, 1907

Stomatella ungula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

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Description

(Original description by Charles Hedley) The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter 1.65 mm. The small, thin, attenuated shell has an oblong-ovate shape. It is, about twice as long as broad, arched. The minute spire is flat and consists of two whorls. It is at right angles to the shell's length and terminal. Its colour is white with irregular crimson splashes spirally arranged along the back. Its sculpture consists of fine spiral grooves decussated by growth lines. The peristome is nearly in one plane and is angled above. The columella is slightly thickened. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia, and occurs off Queensland.

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Stomatella ungula (Hedley, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718916 on 2014-04-07
  2. Charles Hedley, The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland. Part II; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 32 (1907) (described as Gena ungula)