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Microtis (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Microtis (gastropod)

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Microtis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Description

The spiral shell is suborbicular and depressed. It has two tuberculated ridges. The spire is slightly projecting. The aperture is very large, and wider than long. Its interior is pearly within. The columellar margin is spiral and visible as far as the apex of the spire. There is no operculum.

Species

Species within the genus Microtis (gastropod) include:

  • Microtis tuberculata A. Adams, 1850


    • The following species were brought into synonymy:

  • Microtis heckeliana (Crosse, 1871): synonym of Microtis tuberculata A. Adams, 1850
  • Microtis rubra (Deshayes, 1843): synonym of Stomatolina rubra (Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822)

    • Distribution

    This marine genus occurs off North Australia and in the South Pacific Ocean

    References

    Microtis (gastropod) Wikipedia
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