Leucorhynchia lirata

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Leucorhynchia lirata
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Original drawing of a shell of Leucorhynchia lirata
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. lirata
Binomial name
Leucorhynchia lirata
(E.A. Smith, 1871)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ethalia lirataE.A. Smith, 1871
  • Leucorhynchia lyrata [sic]
  • Teinostoma circularisTalavera, 1975
  • Teinostoma liratumTomlin & Shackleford, 1915

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

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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. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.

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