Liotella crassicostata

Liotella crassicostata
Original drawing with three views of a shell of Liotella crassicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Liotella
Species: L. crassicostata
Binomial name
Liotella crassicostata
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Brookula crassicostata (Strebel, 1908)
  • Cyclostrema crassicostatum Strebel, 1908 (original description)

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm. The yellowish white shell has a helicoidal shape. Its umbilicus is narrow. The shell contains 2½ whorls, slightly flattened at the periphery and then rounded. The sculpture consists, besides the lines of growth, of strong ribs (their number is shown about correctly in the image). The aperture is almost round. The columella is thickened.[2]

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External links

External identifiers for Liotella crassicostata
Encyclopedia of Life 19660459
WoRMS 532971


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