Mumiola spirata
Species of gastropod
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Mumiola spirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
| Mumiola spirata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Mumiola spirata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Mumiola |
| Species: | M. spirata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mumiola spirata (A. Adams, 1853) | |
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Description
The white shell is covered under a yellowish or brownish epidermis. Its length measures 7 mm. It is longitudinally plicate and transversely grooved. The sutures are channeled. The teleoconch contains eight gradate whorls. The columella has an oblique fold.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan.