Callomphala globosa

Callomphala globosa
Original drawing with three views of a shell of Callomphala globosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Callomphala
Species: C. globosa
Binomial name
Callomphala globosa
Hedley, 1901
Synonyms

Teinostoma (Callomphala) globosa Hedley, 1901

Callomphala globosa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

(Original description by Charles Hedley) The height of this shell is 2 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm. This species differs from Callomphala lucida by being smaller, higher in proportion and closely engraved by numerous fine, spiral striae.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia.

References

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