Isanda

Isanda is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Isanda
Isanda coronata shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Isanda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Isanda coronata A. Adams, 1854
Synonyms
Isander [lapsus] Umbonella A. Adams, 1863

Description

The compact shell of species in this genus has an orbicular-conoidal shape and is porcellanous and polished. The subquadrate aperture is longer than wide, The inner lip is straight, forming an angle with the outer lip. The umbilicus is open (not covered by a callous deposit) and perspective. The margin is crenulated. The multispiral operculum is corneous. The interior has a very thin nacreous layer.^[2][3]

Species

Species within the genus Isanda include:

• Isanda coronata A. Adams, 1854
• Isanda holdsworthana H. Nevill & G. Nevill, 1871^[4]
• Isanda murrea (Reeve, 1848)

Species brought into synonymy

• Isanda crenellifera A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Microthyca crenellifera (A. Adams, 1862)
• Isanda lepida A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Isanda coronata A. Adams, 1854
• Isanda pulchella A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Ethaliella pulchella (A. Adams, 1855)