Ethalia striolata
# Ethalia striolata

Ethalia striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

## Description

The subglobulose, subperforate shell has a discoidal shape and is transversely striate. The five whorls are slightly convex. They are ornamented with very narrow transverse, white articulated lines. The base of the shell is smooth, reddish-brown maculated at the periphery, with a reddish zone around the umbilical region. The callus is white, small, partly concealing the umbilicus. The aperture is oval.

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique, East Africa, Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia, Indonesia, Cocos Keeling Islands. and off Borneo.

