Ethalia rufula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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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. rufula
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethalia rufula Gould, 1861
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Description edit
The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The small, polished shell has a lenticular shape. It shows almost square bright spots at the periphery and near the suture, and also red angular lines. The shell contains six slightly convex whorls with deep sutures. The base of the shell is reticulated rust-colored. The broad umbilicus has a colored margin. The aperture has an angular shape. The columellar callus is thin.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Ethalia rufula Gould, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732105 on 2014-06-30
- ^ Gould, Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition; Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. viii, p. 17, 1861
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.