Ethalia striolata
Species of gastropod
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Ethalia striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]
| Ethalia striolata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Ethalia striolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Ethalia |
| Species: | E. striolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethalia striolata (A. Adams, 1855) | |
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Description
The subglobulose, subperforate shell has a discoidal shape and is transversely striate. The five whorls are slightly convex. They are ornamented with very narrow transverse, white articulated lines. The base of the shell is smooth, reddish-brown maculated at the periphery, with a reddish zone around the umbilical region. The callus is white, small, partly concealing the umbilicus. The aperture is oval.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique, East Africa, Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia, Indonesia, Cocos Keeling Islands. and off Borneo.