Amaea sulcata

Amaea sulcata is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.^[1]

Amaea sulcata
Shell of Amaea sulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Amaea
Species:	A. sulcata
Binomial name
Amaea sulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Epitonium sulcatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) Scalaria sulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1844 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

A thin, white shell with fine spiral striations; consisting of 7 narrow, rounded whorls, separated by a moderate suture and adorned with numerous closely spaced, thin lamellae. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan; in the East China Sea; also off Australia (Queensland).