Liamorpha decorata

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Liamorpha decorata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Liamorpha
Species:
L. decorata
Binomial name
Liamorpha decorata
(de Folin, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Lia decoratade Folin, 1873 (original combination)
  • Pseudoscilla decorata(de Folin, 1873)

Liamorpha decorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The shell has an oval conic shape. The whorls of the teleoconch are decussated. The lip is undulated by the spiral sculpture which appears on the columella, simulating two plications. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Liamorpha decorata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730725 on 2015-04-05
  2. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN   1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
  3. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  4. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 318 (described as Lia decorata)