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Stomatella duplicata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Scientific name
  
Stomatella duplicata

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Genus
  
Stomatella

Higher classification
  
Stomatella

Stomatella duplicata

Similar
  
Stomatella, Trochidae, Trochus

Stomatella duplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Description

The height of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 14 mm. The rather solid shell has a depressed-globose shape with a conical spire. It is longitudinally striped with purplish or red and white. Its surface contains numerous fine, unequal spiral threads above and two strong nodose keels at the periphery, and about 7 subequal lirae on the base. Their interstices are spirally striate. The prominent spire contains three bicarinate whorls, the last notably so. They are concave above the carina and plicate below the sutures. The rounded aperture is oblique. The thin columella is concave. The white umbilical tract is a little grooved.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:

  • Red Sea
  • the Philippines
  • References

    Stomatella duplicata Wikipedia