Stomatella callosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
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| Drawing with three views of a shell of Stomatella callosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Stomatella |
| Species: | S. callosa
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| Stomatella callosa (P. Fischer, 1871) [1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 7 mm. The complanate shell is ovate, elongated, transversely delicately striate and contains two whorls. The apex is somewhat prominent. The oblong aperture is ear-shaped. Its right lip is simple, somewhat excavated in the middle. The columella is margined, strong, thickened, callous and provided with a tooth-like tubercle. The margins are continuous and joined by a callus.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Red Sea.
References edit
- ^ Fischer, Journ. de Conchyl. 1871, p. 218.
- ^ a b Stomatella callosa (P. Fischer, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ^ H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890 (described as Gena callosa)
- Savigny, J-.C., 1817 Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire Naturelle, p. 339 pp
- Fischer, P., 1871. Diagnoses des espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 19: 218-219
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- Pallary, P. (1926). Explication des planches de J.C. Savigny. Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte. i-viii, 1-138, pl. 1-18. Le Caire.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien
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