Ethalia polita

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Ethalia polita
Drawing of a shell of Ethalia polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Ethalia
Species:
E. polita
Binomial name
Ethalia polita
A. Adams, 1862
Synonyms
  • Notopeplum victoriensis Cossmann, A.E.M.
  • Umbonium polita (A. Adams, 1862)

Ethalia polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

The white, solid, semi-opaque shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. The whorls are almost conical and the base is convex containing a large callus. The whorls are obsoletely transversely striated. The round aperture has a continuous peristome.[2]

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