Lissomphalia bithynoides
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| Drawing of a shell of Lissomphalia bithynoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lissomphalia |
| Species: | L. bithynoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Lissomphalia bithynoides (Monterosato, 1880) [1] | |
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Lissomphalia bithynoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]
Description
The thin, whitish shell is narrowly umbilicated. Its maximum reported size is 1 mm. The fine growth lines are crossed by microscopic close-set spiral strife, giving the surface a frosted appearance. The 3½ whorls are rapidly increasing. The body whorl is tumid. The peristome is continuous, but partly adnate.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
- ↑ Monterosato T. A. (di), 1880b: Conchiglie della zona degli abissi; Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 6: 50-82
- ↑ Lissomphalia bithynoides (Monterosato, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema bithynoides)
- BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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