Grooved Top Shell

Jujubinus depictus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Trochidae

Jujubinus striatus, commonly known as the grooved top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Subspecies include: Jujubinus striatus delpreteanus (Sulliotti, 1889) Jujubinus striatus striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Description The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm. The small, imperforate, solid shell has an elongate-conical shape.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

Photo(c) Mathijs Zonneveld, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionJujubinus striatus, Wikipedia contributors

Grooved Top Shell

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