Lioglyphostoma tenuata

Lioglyphostoma tenuata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Lioglyphostoma
Species:	L. tenuata
Binomial name
Lioglyphostoma tenuata F.S. MacNeil, 1960

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm; its diameter 3.7 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of Okinawa, Japan.

References

1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Lioglyphostoma chinenensis

• MacNeil, F.S. (1961). "Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa" (PDF). U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. (339): 1–148. Retrieved 27 June 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .