Lepetella tubicola

Lepetella tubicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Lepetellidae
Genus: Lepetella
Species: L. tubicola
Binomial name
Lepetella tubicola
Verrill & Smith, 1880 [1]

Lepetella tubicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a size of 4 mm. The thin, white shell has a conical shape. The apex is acute and nearly central. The broad aperture is elliptical, oblong or subcircular. It is usually more or less warped, owing to its habitat. The edge is thin and simple. There is no sculpture. The growth lines are slight. The outer surface is dull white. The inner surface is smooth with the pallial markings faint. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the Gulf of Mexico, off Louisiana.

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