Camitia


Camitia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The orbicular shell is, depressed, smooth, and polished. The axis is imperforate. The columella is spirally twisted above, forming a false-umbilicus, with a simple margin. The columella has an edentulate edge and ends in a point.

Distribution

The species in this marine genus occur off China and Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Camitia include:Camitia pulcherrima Gray, J.E., 1842Camitia rotellina