''Steromphala rarilineata'' is a
species
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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 marine
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
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
family
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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 resembles ...
, the top snails.
[MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromphala rarilineata (Michaud, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039847 on 2020-01-12]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 14 mm. The shell diverges from ''
Gibbula divaricata
''Steromphala divaricata'', common name the divaricate gibbula, is a species of small sea snail, known as top snails or top shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Steromph ...
'' by being smaller, and more conical, and having an angulate periphery and a flattened base.
Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Distribution
''Steromphala rarilineata'' is found in relatively warm European waters off the coast of Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, Greece
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, and Portugal
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; in the Black Sea
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off Ukraine; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores
)
, motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace")
, anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores")
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and the Canary Islands
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.
References
* Monterosato T. A. (di), 1875 (letta il 24. 1. 1875): ''Nuova rivista delle Conchiglie Mediterranee. (Catalogo delle Conchiglie Mediterranee)''; Atti dell'Accademia Palermitana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palermo (2) 5: 1–50
* Anistratenko V.V. & Starobogatov Y., 1991: ''Mollusks of the order Trochiformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) from the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov n Russian with English summary'; Bulleten Moskovskogo obscestva ispytatelej priroda. Otdel biologiceskij 96(1): 65–71
* 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
*
Michaud A. L. G., 1829: ''Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes''; Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 3: 260–276, 1 pl
Brusina S., 1865: ''Conchiglie dalmate inedite''; Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 3–42
Affenzeller S., Haar N. & Steiner G. (2017). Revision of the genus complex Gibbula: an integrative approach to delineating the Eastern Mediterranean genera Gibbula Risso, 1826, Steromphala Gray, 1847, and Phorcus Risso, 1826 using DNA-barcoding and geometric morphometrics (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17(4): 789–812
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Gastropods described in 1829