Leucorhynchia lirata
Species of gastropod
Leucorhynchia lirata | |
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Original drawing of a shell of Leucorhynchia lirata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Leucorhynchia |
Species: | L. lirata |
Binomial name | |
Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucorhynchia lirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The white, subimperforate shell is very small and has a globular shape. The spire contains 3½ finely lirate whorls. It is strongly plicate beneath the suture and around the umbilical callosity. The aperture is rounded. The peristome is continuous.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.
References
- ^ a b Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ E.A. Smith, A list of species of shells from West Africa (pl. 59, fig. 40). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871, p.737, t. 75, f. 23
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
External links
- "Leucorhynchia lyrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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Leucorhynchia
- L. bicarinata
- L. caledonica
- L. candida
- L. crossei
- L. gorii
- L. lirata
- L. minor
- L. plicata
- L. punctata
- L. tricarinata
- L. tryoni