Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae | |
Broderipia cumingii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Description
The broadly umbilicated shell has an elevated-conical shape. It is cinereus, painted with brown undulating lines. The whorls are ornamented with transverse riblets, the last with 3 median lirae, longitudinally elevated striate. The large umbilicus is encircled by a crenulated cingulus, and within elegantly decussated by radiating and transverse lines. It is distinguished from Broderipia iridescens by its prominent angulated columellar margiu and granulato-corrugose surface.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
Broderipia cumingii Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA