Umbonium elegans

Umbonium elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Umbonium
Species: U. elegans
Binomial name
Umbonium elegans
(Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms

Rotella elegans Kiener, 1838

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 18 mm.

Due to any number of modifications and combinations of the color patterns of Umbonium vestiarium. Henry Pilsbry was unable to separate Umbonium elegans from Umbonium vestiarium, even varietally.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off the Philippines.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Umbonium elegans (Kiener, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547309 on 2012-11-23
  2. ↑ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
  3. ↑ H. Pilsbry (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. (1986). Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum. pp. 1–377, 100 pls.


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