Stomatella callosa

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

Stomatella callosa
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]

Gena callosa P. Fischer, 1871

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.

References

  1. Fischer, Journ. de Conchyl. 1871, p. 218.
  2. Stomatella callosa (P. Fischer, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  3. H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890 (described as Gena callosa)
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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