Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae | |
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Ethalia polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Description
The white, solid, semi-opaque shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. The whorls are almost conical and the base is convex containing a large callus.The whorls are obsoletely transversely striated. The round aperture has a continuous peristome.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
Ethalia polita Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA