Ethalia polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Ethalia polita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Ethalia |
| Species: | E. polita
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethalia polita A. Adams, 1862
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Description edit
The white, solid, semi-opaque shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. The whorls are almost conical and the base is convex containing a large callus. The whorls are obsoletely transversely striated. The round aperture has a continuous peristome.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Ethalia polita A. Adams, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732108 on 2014-06-29
- ^ A. (1862). On some new species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 9: 295-298