Umbonium vestiarium
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Umbonium vestiarium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Umbonium |
Species: | U. vestiarium
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Binomial name | |
Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Umbonium vestiarium, common name the button tops, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The solid, rounded shells are up to 2 cm wide. They are similar to Oxystele but are more flattened and show a glossy, highly variable and colourfully patterned exterior.[1]
Habitat
They can be found on eulittoral sand.
Distribution
Indo-Pacific.
References
- ^ a b c Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Kilburn, R. N. (October 1977). "Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1". Annals of the Natal Museum. 23 (1): 173–214. hdl:10520/AJA03040798_574. ISSN 2305-2562. OCLC 877367.Error: "Q7881367" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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