Etrema scalarina
Species of gastropod
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Etrema scalarina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Clathurellidae |
| Genus: | Etrema |
| Species: | E. scalarina |
| Binomial name | |
| Etrema scalarina (Deshayes, 1863) | |
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Description
The shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate sutural band, and another below the middle of the body whorl only.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion; in the Central Pacific Ocean.