Fossarina picta
| Fossarina picta | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Fossarina picta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Fossarina |
| Species: | F. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Fossarina picta A. Adams, 1864 | |
Fossarina picta is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 4 mm. The depressed, turbinate shell is very similar to Fossarina patula, but the spiral lirae are equal and simple. The shell contains four convex whorls. The body whorl is large with a rounded margin. The sharp lips are arcuate. The aperture is nearly circular. The outline of the shell is more orbicular. The shell is marked with irregular purple-black radiating blotches. The umbilical region is generally pale yellow. [1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Korea and Japan.
References
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