Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Lithopoma Rank Genus | ||
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Lower classifications Lithopoma tectum, Lithopoma tuber, Lithopoma caelatum | ||
Lithopoma is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Description
The elevated, imperforate shell has a turbinate or trochiform shape. with a plicate spire that is flat or concave below. Its periphery is carinated or rounded. The base of the shell is somewhat convex. The whorls above are radiately plicate. The operculum is oval, outside coarsely granulose, and either simply convex or with a curved spiral rib with its terminations connected by a straight one. The nucleus is submarginal.
Distribution
This genus occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles.
Species
Species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Astraea. They include: