Diloma nanum
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Diloma nanum

Diloma nanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Appearance

The small, solid, brown shell has an oval-round shape with a diameter of 5 mm. It contains four convex, very distinct whorls. The apex is simple. The light-colored base of the shell is rounded and hardly perforated. The umbilicus is rather large and plicate-crenulate. The arcuate columella is denticulate. The inner lip is undulate. The throat is livid.

Distribution

Geography

This marine species occurs off the Ryukyu Islands

References

1. Diloma nanum Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diloma_nanum

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