Lissomphalia bithynoides

Lissomphalia bithynoides
Drawing of a shell of Lissomphalia bithynoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Lissomphalia
Species:	L. bithynoides
Binomial name
Lissomphalia bithynoides (Monterosato, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
Anekes sabelliiBogi & Nofroni 1989 Cyclostrema bithynoidesMonterosato 1880 Lissospira bithynoides(Jeffreys, 1883)

Lissomphalia bithynoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. ^[2]

Description

The thin, whitish shell is narrowly umbilicated. Its maximum reported size is 1 mm. The fine growth lines are crossed by microscopic close-set spiral strife, giving the surface a frosted appearance. The 3½ whorls are rapidly increasing. The body whorl is tumid. The peristome is continuous, but partly adnate. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. Monterosato T. A. (di), 1880b: Conchiglie della zona degli abissi; Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 6: 50–82
2. Lissomphalia bithynoides (Monterosato, 1880) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 April 2010.
3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine (described as Cyclostrema bithynoides)

• BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• "Lissomphalia bithynoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.