Leucorhynchia crossei

Leucorhynchia crossei
Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Leucorhynchia crossei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Leucorhynchia
Species: L. crossei
Binomial name
Leucorhynchia crossei
Tryon, 1888
Synonyms

Teinostoma (Leucorhynchia) crossei Tryon, 1888

Leucorhynchia crossei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell is 3 mm. It differs from the Leucorhynchia caledonica in having a rounded periphery. The surface is polished, without a trace of striae.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman, Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia, Singapore, Western Australia and off Korea

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External identifiers for Leucorhynchia crossei
WoRMS 596662
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