Lissospira striata
Lissospira striata | |
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Original drawing of a shell of Lissospira striata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Lissospira |
Species: | L. striata |
Binomial name | |
Lissospira striata Bush, 1897 | |
Synonyms | |
Ganesa striata Bush, 1897 |
Lissospira striata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 1.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. The shell consists of about three convex whorls forming a comparatively low, somewhat depressed spire. The entire surface below the relatively large, little raised, smooth nuclear whorl, is covered with raised, rounded, well-separated, revolving microscopic threads, most distinct on the base. The small umbilicus is scarcely more than a chink. The aperture and the operculum are typical.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off New England, USA, found off Martha's Vineyard.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissospira striata Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2012-09-01
- ↑ Bush, K. J. 1897. Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella, and related genera; with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America; Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 10, 1899-1900
External links
External identifiers for Lissospira striata | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 4794039 |
WoRMS | 532982 |
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
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