Granata maculata

Granata maculata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.^[2]

Granata maculata
A shell of Granata maculata
Ventral view of a shell of Granata maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	Chilodontaidae
Genus:	Granata
Species:	G. maculata
Binomial name
Granata maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Pseudostomatella maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Stomatella maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (original combination)

Description

The small, oval shell is inflated. It has a rounded prominent spire containing 4 whorls. It is very delicately striate longitudinally and transversely. It is pale yellow, marbled with brown and reddish brown. The columellar margin is flattened. The regularly oval aperture is nacreous and striate within. The operculum is very thin.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Vanikoro and the Torres Strait.