Lissotesta minima

Lissotesta minima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: (unassigned)
Genus: Lissotesta
Species: L. minima
Binomial name
Lissotesta minima
(Seguenza, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarites minimus Seguenza, 1876 (original combination)
  • Trochus minutulus Jeffreys 1883

Lissotesta minima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm. Template:Epand section

Distribution

This bathyal species occurs in the Bay of Biscay, off Portugal; as a Late Pliocene fossil in Sicily.

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