Leucorhynchia punctata
| Leucorhynchia punctata | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Leucorhynchia punctata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Leucorhynchia |
| Species: | L. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucorhynchia punctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]
Description
The shell has a diameter of 2.5 mm. The solid, yellowish white, subtranslucent shell has a depressed convex shape. It is more flattened below. The umbilicus is almost covered. The surface is covered by microscopic, close granular spiral striae, more apparent at the suture and around the umbilicus.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Angola
References
- 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577189 on 2012-09-01
- ↑ Rubio F. & Rolán E. (1991 ("1990")) Aportaciones a los conocimientos sobre los micromoluscos de África Occidental. 2 Archaeogastropoda de São Tomé y Principe. Iberus 9(1-2): 209-219.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
| External identifiers for Leucorhynchia punctata | |
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| WoRMS | 577189 |
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