Camitia

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Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Vetigastropoda
Order:Trochida
Camitia
Camitia rotellina shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Camitia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[1]
Type species
Camitia pulcherrima
Gray, J.E., 1842

Camitia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

The orbicular shell is, depressed, smooth, and polished. The axis is imperforate. The columella is spirally twisted above, forming a false-umbilicus, with a simple margin. The columella has an edentulate edge and ends in a point.[3]

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