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Flat Top Shell

Steromphala umbilicalis

Classification

Family
Trochidae

Steromphala umbilicalis, common name the flat top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm. The shell is more depressed than Gibbula cineraria, and (although the base is flatter) never inclined to a pyramidal form.

Distribution

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