- Source: Ethminolia probabilis
Ethminolia probabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. It is a benthic filter-feeder.
Description
The shell has a maximum width of 8 mm (0.31 in) and a maximum height of 5 mm (0.20 in). The whorls are angled at the periphery, and the umbilicus is broad and extends to the apex, as well as lacking a marginal rib. It varies from pink to fawn in coloration, and occasionally possesses axial streaks.
Distribution
This marine species is native to Australia, from Manning River, New South Wales to Lake's Entrance, Victoria, as well as Tasmania. It is subtidal, living at a depth of up to 70 m (230 ft)
References
Further reading
Adams, A. 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150–192
Fischer, P. 1879. Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella. 337–463, 120 pls in Keiner, L.C. (ed.). Spécies general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 3.
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pl. 33-36
Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157–189, pls 38–41
Kershaw, R.C. 1955. A systematic list of the Mollusca of Tasmania, Australia. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 289–355
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109
Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new marine species and two subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 177–210, 1 pl.
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
