Monodonta glabrata
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| Monodonta glabrata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Monodonta |
| Species: | M. glabrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Monodonta glabrata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Monodonta glabratum Gould, 1861 | |
Monodonta glabrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2][3]
The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 13 mm. The thick, smooth shell has a globose-conical shape. It is dark green, becoming black at times up to the apex and paler to the periphery. The shell contains seven convex whorls. The rounded-ovate aperture is large. The inner lip is sulcate. The columellar tooth is sharp and sulcate.[4]