Lissospira abyssicola

Lissospira abyssicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lissospira
Species: L. abyssicola
Binomial name
Lissospira abyssicola
Bush, 1897
Synonyms
  • Ganesa abyssicola Bush, 1897
  • Lissospira (Ganesa) abyssicola Bush, 1897

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 2.5 mm. In its general appearance this marine species resembles a true Lissospira, but the umbilical chink is channeled and defined by a raised thread and the aperture is modified by the body whorl to which the peritreme is more attached than in a typical species. It is similar in form to Lissospira dalli but larger, without sculpture and with the columellar lip less flattened.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Georges Bank at a depth of 1790 m.

References

External links

External identifiers for Lissospira abyssicola
Encyclopedia of Life 19661679
WoRMS 532976
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