Lioglyphostoma adematum

Lioglyphostoma adematum
Shell of Lioglyphostoma adematum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Lioglyphostoma
Species:	L. adematum
Binomial name
Lioglyphostoma adematum Woodring, 1928

Lioglyphostoma adematum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe and in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil; fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Lioglyphostoma adematum Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532969 on 2018-11-26

• W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Lioglyphostoma adematum
• da Silva, Gutembergue Francisco, and José Carlos Nascimento de Barros. "SISTEMÁTICA DOS TURRIDAE SWAINSON, 1840 (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA) COLIGIDOS DA PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL DO NORDESTE DO BRASIL."