Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Genus | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae | |
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Stomatolina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Description
The depressed shell is rather flattened above and below. The aperture is quite oblique. The sculpture consists of numerous spirals, of which several have low carinae, more numerous intermediate riblets, and still more numerous interstitial spiral striae. These are sometimes decussated by growth lines.
Distribution
This maritime genus occurs in the Red Sea and off Indo-Malaysia, Oceania, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Korea, the Philippines and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).
Species
Species within the genus Stomatolina include:
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species
References
Stomatolina Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA