Liostomia clavula

Liostomia clavula
Drawing of a shell of Liostomia clavula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Liostomia
Species: L. clavula
Binomial name
Liostomia clavula
(Lovén, 1846)
Synonyms

Eulimella clavula Lovén, 1846 (basionym)

Liostomia clavula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1] [2]

Description

The thin, white shell is transparent and polished. Its length measures 2.5 mm. The surface is microscopically longitudinally striated. The 4-5 whorls of the teleoconch are rather convex. The suture is slightly margined. The umbilicus is very small and narrow, but distinct. The columella has a barely discernible tooth or fold. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2011). Liostomia clavula (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140965 on 2011-10-26
  2. Check List of European Marine Mollusca
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 344; 1889
External identifiers for Liostomia clavula
Encyclopedia of Life 4812341
NCBI 177479
WoRMS 140965
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