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Enaeta
Sign in to saveEnaeta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Enaeta is referenced by 13 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Volutidae and Brazil.
It is catalogued under topics including Gastropod genera without authority reference, Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist) and Taxa named by Henry Adams (zoologist).
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyVolutidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Volutidae
- Collections
- USNM, MNHN, UM-RSMAS, UF, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Mexico, Martinique, Somalia, Bahamas, United States, Panama, Costa Rica
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution
- Species
- References
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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