Ethminolia vitiliginea

Ethminolia vitiliginea
shells of Ethminolia vitiliginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Ethminolia
Species: E. vitiliginea
Binomial name
Ethminolia vitiliginea
(Menke, 1843)
Synonyms

Ethalia tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1877

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Bass Strait to Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298154 on 3 July 2011.

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