Charisma candida

Charisma candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Charisma
Species:	C. candida
Binomial name
	Charisma candida; (A. Adams, 1861)
Synonyms
	Charisma (Cavostella) candida (A. Adams, 1861); Pseudosetia candida (A. Adams, 1861) superseded combination; Setia candida A. Adams, 1861 (original combination);

Species of gastropod

Charisma candida is a species of extremely small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Description

(original description in Latin) The shell is ovate-conoidal in shape and narrowly rimate. It is white, smooth and glossy, and scarcely opaque. It consists of four and a half convex whorls, and has a nearly circular aperture with a thin, arched lip. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Charisma candida (A. Adams, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732092 on 2014-03-11
^ Adams, A. (1861). "On some new species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (8): 136. Retrieved 15 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.

External links

World Register of Marine Species

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2013). Charisma candida (A. Adams, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732092 on 2014-03-11

[2] Adams, A. (1861). "On some new species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (8): 136. Retrieved 15 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.