Stomatella planulata
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| Stomatella planulata | |
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| Apical view of a shell of Stomatella planulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Stomatellinae |
| Genus: | Stomatella |
| Species: | S. planulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Stomatella planulata (Lamarck, 1816) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gena planulata Lamarck, 1816 | |
Stomatella planulata, common nale the flattened stomatella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines and in the Southwest Pacific.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stomatella planulata (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2012.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
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