Ethalia rufula

Ethalia rufula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Ethalia
Species: E. rufula
Binomial name
Ethalia rufula
Gould, 1861
Synonyms
  • Umbonium rufula (A. A. Gould, 1861)

Ethalia rufula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

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

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

External identifiers for Ethalia rufula
WoRMS 732105
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