Leucorhynchia punctata

Leucorhynchia punctata
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]
  • Teinostoma dalli Dautzenberg, 1912
  • Teinostoma punctatum Jousseaume, 1872

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]

References

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External identifiers for Leucorhynchia punctata
WoRMS 577189
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