Amaea sulcata

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Amaea sulcata
Shell of Amaea sulcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Amaea
Species:
A. sulcata
Binomial name
Amaea sulcata
Synonyms[1]
  • Epitonium sulcatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Scalaria sulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 (original combination)

Amaea sulcata is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

A thin, white shell with fine spiral striations; consisting of 7 narrow, rounded whorls, separated by a moderate suture and adorned with numerous closely spaced, thin lamellae. [2] [3]

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