Leucorhynchia crossei

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Leucorhynchia crossei
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A shell of Leucorhynchia crossei
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Leucorhynchia
Species:
L. crossei
Binomial name
Leucorhynchia crossei
Tryon, 1888
Synonyms

Teinostoma (Leucorhynchia) crosseiTryon, 1888

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

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Description

The diameter of the shell is 3 mm. It differs from the Leucorhynchia caledonica in having a rounded periphery. The surface is polished, without a trace of striae. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman, Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia, Singapore, Western Australia and off Korea

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