''Broderipia cumingii'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Trochidae, the top snails.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Broderipia cumingii''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594221 on 2012-11-23]
Description
The broadly umbilicated shell has an elevated-conical shape. It is cinereus, painted with brown undulating lines. The
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s are ornamented with transverse riblets, the last with 3 median lirae, longitudinally elevated striate. The large
umbilicus is encircled by a crenulated cingulus, and within elegantly decussated by radiating and transverse lines. It is distinguished from ''Broderipia iridescens'' by its prominent angulated columellar margiu and granulato-corrugose surface.
Adams, A. 1850. An arrangement of Stomatellidae, including the characters of a new genus Cumingia, with some additional generic characters; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pt. 18-19 (1850-1851)
(described as ''Broderipia cumingii'')
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
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cumingii
Gastropods described in 1851