Leiocithara costellarioides

Leiocithara costellarioides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Leiocithara costellarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Species:
L. costellarioides
Binomial name
Leiocithara costellarioides
Kilburn, 1992

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in shallow waters off Northern Zululand to East Transkei, South Africa

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara costellarioides Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434189 on 2017-08-03
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