| Leucorhynchia lirata | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Leucorhynchia lirata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Leucorhynchia |
| Species: | L. lirata |
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| Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871) | |
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Leucorhynchia lirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.
References
- ^ Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- 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. . Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
External links
- "Leucorhynchia lyrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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| Leucorhynchia lirata | |