Synaptocochlea concinna
Species of gastropod
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Synaptocochlea concinna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea concinna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
| Genus: | Synaptocochlea |
| Species: | S. concinna |
| Binomial name | |
| Synaptocochlea concinna (Gould, 1845) | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm.
(Description as Stomatella nebulosa) The ovate-oblong shell is shaped like a Haliotis. Its back all is over striated. Its color is white, clouded with reddish brown. The spire is somewhat prominent with angular whorls. The oval aperture is elongate. The columella covers the umbilical fissure with a thick callus.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Hawaii, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
