''Steromphala adriatica'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Trochidae The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resemb ...

, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala adriatica (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039844 on 2020-12-27

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 14 mm. The shell is more solid than '' Gibbula adansonii'', generally paler and the base of the shell is whitish. The spiral

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is stronger. The penultimate whorl has about 5 well-marked, separated spiral lirae. The body whorl is angulate at the periphery.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Distribution

This species occurs in the

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and the Sea of Azov.

References

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

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Philippi R. A., 1844: ''Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2'' ; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum
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