Umbonium moniliferum

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

Umbonium moniliferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Umbonium
Species:	U. moniliferum
Binomial name
Umbonium moniliferum (Lamarck, 1822) [1]
Synonyms
Globulus moniliferus Philippi Rotella javanica Lamarck, 1822 Rotella monilifera (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination) Umbonium javanicum A. Adams, 1853 Umbonium (Suchium) moniliferum (Lamarck, 1822)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm. The solid shell is depressed with a very low, conoidal spire. Its color pattern is yellow, pinkish or whitish, closely tessellated with purple-brown or bluish slate-color, the basal callus purplish flesh-colored. Its surface is shining, polished, with spiral sulci above, generally 3–5 in number on the body whorl, often subobsolete. The suture is sometimes margined by a row of prominent tubercles, 8 to 11 on the body whorl. The shell contains about six whorls, the last rounded at the periphery, convex beneath. The callus is quite heavy, convex and circular.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and South Korea.