Atys vixumbilicata
| Atys vixumbilicata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Atys |
| Species: | A. vixumbilicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Atys vixumbilicata H.B. Preston, 1908
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Atys vixumbilicata is a
mollusk in the family Haminoeidae, the haminoea bubble snails.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.
Description
The length of the shell of this species attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description) The ovate shell is narrowly perforate. It has a pale yellowish horn colour. The shell is very finely spirally striate and rather coarsely grooved towards the ends. The
peristome is thickened and produced above the vertex.[1]