Enaeta
Sign in to saveEnaeta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyVolutidae
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Enaeta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
==Description== The small shell has an ovate to fusiform shape. The protoconch is small and smooth. The teleoconch is covered with axial ribs. There is a conspicuous tooth-like blunt nodule on the midpoint of the outer lip. The radula is uniserial with an interlocking central cusp.
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Mollusca
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Volutidae
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Brazil
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Animalia
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Caribbean Sea
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taxonomy
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Gastropoda
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Q82486
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World Register of Marine Species
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Catalogue of Life
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radula
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Neogastropoda
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