Enaeta | |
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Enaeta | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Subfamily: | Volutinae |
Genus: |
Enaeta H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
Synonyms [1] | |
Lyria (Enaeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
Enaeta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. [1]
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. [1]
This species occurs from the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean south to Brazil and Fernando de Noronha Islands.
Species within the genus Enaeta include: