Leucorhynchia punctata

Leucorhynchia punctata
Drawing with two views of a shell of Leucorhynchia punctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Leucorhynchia
Species:	L. punctata
Binomial name
Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872)
Synonyms [1]
Teinostoma dalliDautzenberg, 1912 Teinostoma punctatumJousseaume, 1872

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

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. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, ^[1] São Tomé and Príncipe, Ghana and Guinea. ^[3]

References

1. Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 December 2018.
2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
3. Rubio F. & Rolán E. (1990) Aportaciones a los conocimientos sobre los micromoluscos de África Occidental. 2 Archaeogastropoda de São Tomé y Principe . Iberus 9(1-2): 209-219.

• Jousseaume, F. (1872). Etude des genres Teinostoma, Cyclostrema et Skenea. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 2, 23: 388–396.

External links

• Dautzenberg P. (1912) Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910): Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris, (Nouvelle Série) 5(3): 1-111, pl. 1-3.