Stomatella capieri

Stomatella capieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Stomatella
Species:
S. capieri
Binomial name
Stomatella capieri

Stomatella capieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.8 mm and 7 mm. Like other members of its genus, it features an orbicularly depressed, ear-like shell that lacks a full conical whorl structure typical of conventional snails, they also possess a large, muscular foot that extends far past its reduced shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines at depths between 60 m and 100 m.

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