Broderipia cumingii
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| Broderipia cumingii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
| Genus: | Broderipia |
| Species: | B. cumingii |
| Binomial name | |
| Broderipia cumingii A. Adams, 1851 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Margarita cumingii (A. Adams, 1851) | |
Broderipia cumingii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
The broadly umbilicated shell has an elevated-conical shape. It is cinereus, painted with brown undulating lines. The whorls are ornamented with transverse riblets, the last with 3 median lirae, longitudinally elevated striate. The large umbilicus is encircled by a crenulated cingulus, and within elegantly decussated by radiating and transverse lines.[2] It is distinguished from Broderipia iridescens by its prominent angulated columellar margiu and granulato-corrugose surface.[3]