Monilea philippii

Monilea philippii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Monilea
Species:	M. philippii
Binomial name
	Monilea philippii; A. Adams, 1855
Synonyms[1]
	Ethalia philippii (A. Adams, 1855);

Monilea philippii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Description

The rather solid, umbilical shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. and is radially painted in brown. The convex whorls are transversally crossed by cinguli of equal size and minutely crenulate. They are ornate with longitudinally striated interstices. The margin of the umbilicus has a spiral form with radial grooves. The columella is sinuous in the middle

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China.

References

WoRMS (2012). Monilea philippii A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567722 on 2012-11-23
Herbert D.G. (1992). Revision of the Umboniinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 33(2):379-459.

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2012). Monilea philippii A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567722 on 2012-11-23

[2] Herbert D.G. (1992). Revision of the Umboniinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 33(2):379-459.