Cyclostrema solariellum

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Cyclostrema solariellum
Original drawing of a shell of Cyclostrema solariellum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Cyclostrema
Species:
C. solariellum
Binomial name
Cyclostrema solariellum
Melvill, 1893
Synonyms

Cyclosstrema solariellum Melvill, 1893 (misspelling by the author)

Cyclostrema solariellum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

The height of the shell attains 0.5 mm and its diameter 1.5 mm. The thin, whitish shell is depressed and a deep umbilicus. It contains four whorls with the last one rapidly increasing in size. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is simple. It has a double row of gemmules on the lirae below the sutures, and at the base, around the umbilicus.

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