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Fossarina patula

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Fossarina patula
Drawing of a shell of Fossarina patula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Fossarina
Species:
F. patula
Binomial name
Fossarina patula
(A. Adams & Angas, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Fossarina brazieri Angas, 1871
  • Fossarina funiculata Tenison-Woods, 1880

Fossarina patula is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. The shell is widely umbilicated, with alternate larger and smaller tuberculated spiral ribs. The ribs are simple on the base. The umbilicus is acutely carinate-margined. The shell is whitish, sparsely maculated with dark brown. The three whorls are convex. The outer lip is ascending posteriorly.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Fossarina patula (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719227 on 2014-03-02
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  • "Fossarina patula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.