WoRMS taxon details
Stomatella orbiculata A. Adams, 1850
AphiaID: 215207
AphiaID: 215207
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Trochidae (Family) > Stomatellinae (Subfamily) > Stomatella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Stomatella Lamarck, 1816 | ||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Small, flat, rounded, ear-shaped shell, up to 1 cm long, resembling Haliotis, but without perforations, small operculum. Exterior pinkish or green, aperture pearly. The animal is much larger than the shell. Habitat: lower eulittoral rock. Distribution: W. Indian Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215207 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Stomatella orbiculata A. Adams, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215207 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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