Stomatella
''Stomatella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Trochidae, the top snails and their allies. Lamarck in the Philos. Zool., 1809, mentioned the genus as "Stomatelle" but did not describe the genus, nor did he cite any species. He cited the genus in Anim. s. Vert. vol. vi, p. 209, 1819. with as first species ''Stomatella imbricata'' (now a synonym of ''Granata imbricata'' (Lamarck, 1816) ) According to the Nomenclator Zoologicus of ubio.orgthe authorship should be attributed to Rafinesque., who Latinized the name to ''Stomatella''. Description The spiral, orbicularly depressed shell is imperforate. The conical Spire (mollusc), spire is elevated but short. The Whorl (mollusc), whorls are rounded but not plicate below the sutures. The last whorl forms the greater part of the shell. The variegated surface is spirally ribbed. The large Aperture (mollusc), aperture is wider than the long, na ...
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