WoRMS name details
original description
Adams, A. (1850). An arrangement of Stomatellidae, including the characters of a new genus, and of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18 (1850): 29-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858705 page(s): 31 [details]
basis of record
Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Adams, A. (1854). Monograph of Stomatellinae, a sub-family of Trochidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 827–846, pls 173–175. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076065 page(s): 838, pl. 174, figs 23, 24. [details]
From editor or global species database
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]
Type material four syntypes in NHMUK 1968115 [details]
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