Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae | |
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Similar Trochus radiatus, Umbonium, Umbonium vestiarium, Clanculus pharaonius, Umbonium giganteum | ||
Umbonium elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 18 mm.
Due to any number of modifications and combinations of the color patterns of Umbonium vestiarium. Henry Pilsbry was unable to separate Umbonium elegans from Umbonium vestiarium, even varietally.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off the Philippines.
References
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