Granata japonica

Granata japonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2]

Granata japonica
Drawing with two views of a shell of Granata japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Granata
Species:
G. japonica
Binomial name
Granata japonica
(A. Adams, 1850) [1]
Synonyms

Stomatella japonica A. Adams, 1850 (original combination)

Description

(Original description by Adams) The brown, convex, imperforate shell has a suborbicular shape. It is transversely costulate. The riblets are close-set, and noduled. The interstices are very finely longitudinally striated. The spire is rather prominent. The rounded whorls are costate. The subcircular aperture is pearly within.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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References

  1. A. Adams, P. Z. S., 1850, p. 31
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Granata japonica (A. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559692 on 2013-04-14
  3. G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII (described as Stomatella japonica)
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