Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Seguenzioidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Chilodontidae | |
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Granata japonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.
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Description
(Original description by Adams) The brown, convex, imperforate shell has a suborbicular shape. It is transversely costulate. The riblets are close-set, and noduled. The interstices are very finely longitudinally striated. The spire is rather prominent. The rounded whorls are costate. The subcircular aperture is pearly within.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
Granata japonica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA