Lissospira ornata

Lissospira ornata
Original drawing of a shell of Lissospira ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lissospira
Species: L. ornata
Binomial name
Lissospira ornata
(A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema dalli var. ornatum A. E. Verrill, 1884
  • Cyclostrema ornatum A. E. Verrill, 1884
  • Ganesa ornata A. E. Verrill, 1884

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

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 2.6 mm. This species agrees in form and condition of the umbilical region with the Lissospira dalli. But it is very peculiarly marked on the base by thin, impressed lines, running obliquely and crossing the concentric spiral lines at a large angle, so as to produce a sort of "herring-bone" pattern as shown in the figure.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA, at a depth of 1542 m.

References

External links

External identifiers for Lissospira ornata
Encyclopedia of Life 19661070
WoRMS 532980
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