''Stomatolina'' is a

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s 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 resembles ...

, the top snails.

Description

The depressed shell is rather flattened above and below. The

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is quite oblique. The

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consists of numerous spirals, of which several have low carinae, more numerous intermediate riblets, and still more numerous interstitial spiral striae. These are sometimes decussated by growth lines.

Distribution

This maritime genus occurs in the

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and off Indo-Malaysia,

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, the

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and

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(Northern Territory, Queensland).

Species

Species within the genus ''Stomatolina'' include: * '' Stomatolina angulata'' (A. Adams, 1850) * '' Stomatolina arabica'' (A. Adams, 1854) * ''

Stomatolina calliostoma ''Stomatolina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The depressed shell is rather flattened above and below. The aperture is quite oblique. The sculpture consists of numerous s ...

'' (A. Adams, 1850) * '' Stomatolina danblumi'' Singer & Mienis, 1999 * ''

Stomatolina irisata ''Stomatolina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The depressed shell is rather flattened above and below. The aperture is quite oblique. The sculpture consists of numerous s ...

'' (Dufo, 1840) * '' Stomatolina mariei'' (Crosse, 1871) * '' Stomatolina rubra'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Stomatolina rufescens'' (Gray, 1847) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species OBIS : Stomatolina
/ref> * ''Stomatolina orbiculata'' (A. Adams, 1850) ;Synonyms: * ''Stomatolina scitula'' (H. Adams, 1872): synonym of ''Stomatella modesta'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 ;Taxa inquirenda: * ''Stomatolina acuminata'' (A. Adams, 1850) * ''Stomatolina compta'' (A. Adams, 1855) * ''Stomatolina crenulata'' (Preston, 1908) * ''Stomatolina exquisita'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) * ''Stomatolina fulgurans'' (A. Adams, 1850) * ''Stomatolina japonica'' (A. Adams, 1850) * ''Stomatolina lirata'' (A. Adams, 1850) * ''Stomatolina malukana'' (A. Adams, 1850) * '' Stomatolina sanguinea'' (A. Adams, 1850) * ''Stomatolina speciosa'' (A. Adams, 1850) * ''Stomatolina tigrina'' (A. Adams, 1850)

References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (2001) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Gastropoda Bivalvia Polyplacophora Scaphopoda Type Figures''. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 208 pp. {{Commons category Trochidae Gastropod genera