Omphalotropis costulata is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Assimineidae.
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| Drawing by Arnould Locard of an apertural view of the shell of Omphalotropis costulata from its type description (Mousson 1870).[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Omphalotropis |
| Species: | O. costulata
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| Omphalotropis costulata | |
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Realia cotulata Mousson, 1870[1] | |
Distribution edit
The distribution of Omphalotropis costulata includes Fiji.
The type locality is Vanua Balavu.[1]
See also edit
Omphalotropis costulata Emberton & Pearce, 1999 is a junior homonym for yet (2012) unnamed species Omphalotropis sp. nov. 2.
References edit
- ^ a b c d (in French) Mousson A. (1870) "Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des iles Viti, d'après les envois de M. le Dr. Édouard Graeffe". Journal de conchyliologie 18(1870):109-135, part 2: 179-232, Plate VII, figure 10.
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