Charisma candida

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Charisma candida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Charisma
Species:
C. candida
Binomial name
Charisma candida
(A. Adams, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Charisma (Cavostella) candida (A. Adams, 1861)
  • Pseudosetia candida (A. Adams, 1861) superseded combination
  • Setia candida A. Adams, 1861 (original combination)

Charisma candida is a species of extremely small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]


(original description in Latin) The shell is ovate-conoidal in shape and narrowly rimate. It is white, smooth and glossy, and scarcely opaque. It consists of four and a half convex whorls, and has a nearly circular aperture with a thin, arched lip. [2]

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