Callomphala lucida

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Callomphala lucida
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Shell of Callomphala lucida (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Callomphala
Species:
C. lucida
Binomial name
Callomphala lucida
(A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Callomphala altaLaseron, 1954
  • Neritula (Callomphala) lucidaA. Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Teinostoma lucidaHedley, 1899 (not Teinostoma lucidum A. Adams, 1863)

Callomphala lucida, common name the bright liotia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

This species has a white, shining, pellucid, depressed, shell with the aperture right in front.

(Original description) The shell is orbicular, depressed, and imperforate. The spire is small with an acute apex. The entire shell is white, semipellucid, and shining, and is very densely striated in a radial pattern.

There are four whorls which are flat in profile; the body whorl is obtusely angled at the periphery. The sutures are impressed, and the umbilical region is covered by an opaque, white, and granular callus. The aperture is circular and remains entire at the anterior end. The inner lip is furnished with a small, angled callus, while the outer lip is reflected over the penultimate whorl, with its margin being reinforced by an incrassated white callus. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, Australia.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Callomphala lucida (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719412 on 2013-10-01
  2. Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). "Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from Australia, in the collection of Mr. Angas". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864: 35. Retrieved 10 January 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .