''Broderipia eximia'' is a
species of
sea snail
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, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Trochidae, the top snails.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Broderipia eximia''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594218 on 2012-11-23]
Description
The height of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 7 mm. This marine species (just as ''
Broderipia nitidissima
''Broderipia nitidissima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Broderipia nitidissima''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...
''
Deshayes, 1863) is more conical with a limpet-like form. The
apex nearer the middle than the edge and a little curved upward. The elevated shell is patella-shaped, oblong-oval in outline, elevated. The profile from the apex to the posterior margin is straight or a little concave, from the apex to the anterior end it is a little convex. The surface is radiately ribbed, with shorter riblets inserted between the principal ones toward the periphery. The color is whitish, more or less marbled with blackish brown. The anterior of the shell shows a small central, opaque, white callus, the rest is brilliantly pearly and opalescent.
G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology; Academy of natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
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Distribution
This marine shell occurs off southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
References
Nevill G. & Nevill H. (1869). On some new marine Gastropoda from the southern Province of Ceylon 157-164, pl. 17. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 38(2): 65-69, pl. 13
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
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eximia
''Eximia'' is a genus of round-necked longhorn beetle
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely ...
Gastropods described in 1869