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Isanda
Sign in to saveIsanda is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTrochidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Trochidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Australia, Egypt, South Korea, Japan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordania, Indonesia
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Isanda is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
==Description== The compact shell of species in this genus has an orbicular-conoidal shape and is porcellanous and polished. The subquadrate aperture is longer than wide, The inner lip is straight, forming an angle with the outer lip. The umbilicus is open (not covered by a callous deposit) and perspective. The margin is crenulated. The multispiral operculum is corneous. The interior has a very thin nacreous layer.
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