Mumiola spirata

Mumiola spirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Mumiola spirata
Drawing of a shell of Mumiola spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Mumiola
Species:
M. spirata
Binomial name
Mumiola spirata
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Chrysallida (Mumiola) spirata (Adams, 1853)
  • Monoptygma spirata Adams, 1853 (basionym)

Description

The white shell is covered under a yellowish or brownish epidermis. Its length measures 7 mm. It is longitudinally plicate and transversely grooved. The sutures are channeled. The teleoconch contains eight gradate whorls. The columella has an oblique fold.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mumiola spirata (A. Adams, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588313 on 2011-11-29
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 315; 1889
  • Trew, A. (1992). Henry and Arthur Adams's new molluscan names. Cardiff : National Museum of Wales. 63 pp.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp
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