''Callomphala globosa'' is a

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of small

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, a marine

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mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

in the

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Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...

.Bouchet, P. (2013). Callomphala globosa Hedley, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742678 on 2013-10-17

Description

(Original description by Charles Hedley) The height of this shell is 2 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm. This species differs from '' Callomphala lucida'' by being smaller, higher in proportion and closely engraved by numerous fine, spiral striae.Hedley, C. 1901. ''Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part III''. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 721–732
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Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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, Australia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Callomphala Globosa globosa Gastropods described in 1901