Leucorhynchia lirata

Leucorhynchia lirata
Original drawing of a shell of Leucorhynchia lirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Leucorhynchia
Species:	L. lirata
Binomial name
Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
Ethalia lirata E.A. Smith, 1871 Leucorhynchia lyrata [sic] Teinostoma circularis Talavera, 1975 Teinostoma liratum Tomlin & Shackleford, 1915

Leucorhynchia lirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The white, subimperforate shell is very small and has a globular shape. The spire contains 3½ finely lirate whorls. It is strongly plicate beneath the suture and around the umbilical callosity. The aperture is rounded. The peristome is continuous.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.

References

1. Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
2. E.A. Smith, A list of species of shells from West Africa (pl. 59, fig. 40). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871, p.737, t. 75, f. 23

• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com: Leucorhynchia lyrata