CZ EN
SEARCH  

Taxon profile

species

Tiled Top-shell
Granata imbricata (Lamarck, 1816)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Seguenziida »  family Chilodontaidae »  genus Granata

Scientific synonyms

Stomatella imbricata Lamarck, 1816

Images

Granata imbricata - Tiled Top-shell

Author: Jan Delsing

Granata imbricata - Tiled Top-shell

Author: Jan Delsing

Granata imbricata - Tiled Top-shell

Author: Jan Delsing

Granata imbricata - Tiled Top-shell

Author: Jan Delsing

Granata imbricata - Tiled Top-shell

Author: Macpherson & Gabriel

Granata imbricata - Tiled Top-shell

Author: Jan Delsing

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Shell creamy white, variegated with scattered dots of reddish brown; solid, ear-shaped. Depressed spire slightly elevated. Whorls rounded. Sculpture consisting of numerous, close, almost equally spaced, finely scaled, spiral riblets. Aperture large, entire, lined with a silvery and iridescent macre; columella broad, slightly concave. Size: 1,5 inches.
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [79087de4-ca92-4e44-9fb7-797931d03d74]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Granata imbricata (Lamarck, 1816)]
Data retrieved on: 15 February 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Granata imbricata Lamarck, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Stomatella imbricata Lamarck, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Granata imbricata (LAMARCK, 1816)]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013

Contributions to BioLib

Help us to expand this encyclopedia! If you are logged in, you can add new subtaxa, vernacular and scientific names, texts, images or intertaxon relationships for this taxon.

Comments