Ethalia polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Ethalia polita A. Adams, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732108 on 2014-06-29
Description The white, solid, semi-opaque shell has an orbiculate-conoidal shape. The whorls are almost conical and the base is convex containing a large callus. The whorls are obsoletely transversely striated. The round aperture has a continuous peristome.A. (1862). On some new species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 9: 295-298
Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan.
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External links To World Register of Marine Species