Steromphala spratti

Steromphala spratti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[2]

Steromphala spratti
Drawing with two views of a shell of Steromphala spratti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Cantharidinae
Genus:	Steromphala
Species:	S. spratti
Binomial name
Steromphala spratti (Forbes, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
Gibbula spratti (Forbes, 1844) (superseded generic combination) Gibbula spratti ghisottii F. Nordsieck, 1982 Trochus alveolatus Philippi, 1846 (dubious synonym) Trochus pictus Philippi, 1846 (dubious synonym, preoccupied by Trochus pictus Wood, 1828) Trochus spratti Forbes, 1844

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm. The somewhat thick, narrowly perforate shell has a conoid shape. It is whitish, radiately tlammulate with deep brown subquadrate maculations. The shell is very finely obliquely striate, and concentrically lirate. Each whorl is encircled by two more prominent, remote sulci. The shell contains 6 convex whorls, separated by deep sutures, and inflated above. The body whorl is subangulate, convex beneath, and contains numerous unequal concentric lirae. The aperture is rhomboidal. The slightly convex columella is sinuous in the middle.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Aegean Sea.