Enida

Enida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Enida
A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Enida japonica A. Adams, 1860
Synonyms

Gibbula (Enida) Adams, 1860

Enida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails (not assigned to a subfamily).[1]

Description

The shell has a depressed-conical shape. It is widely umbilicate. The convex whorls are concentrically granose-lirate. The sutures are canaliculate. The body whorl is carinated or angulated. The aperture is subquadrate. The outer lip is simple, or lirate within. The inner lip is reflexed. The umbilicus is large. The margin is crenulated. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Enida include:

References

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