Leiocithara lischkei

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

Leiocithara lischkei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Species:
L. lischkei
Binomial name
Leiocithara lischkei
(Smith E. A., 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia lischkei (Smith E. A., 1888)
  • Pleurotoma (Mangilia) lischkei Smith E. A., 1888

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

The ovate-fusiform shell is turreted. Its color is dark white with very indistinct spiral reddish lines, of which there appear to be three on the body whorl. The shell contains six whorls with a distinct peripheral angle as the result of the presence of a weakly developed peripheral cord. The protoconch is conical and contains 3.5 whorls. The longitudinal sculpture consists of twelve ribs. The spiral sculpture is almost obsolete. The aperture measures about half the total length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate and slightly sinuate at the top. The short siphonal canal is narrow.[2]

It is closely related to Leiocithara porcellanea Kilburn, 1992 from South Africa.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas off Japan.

References
  1. Leiocithara lischkei (Smith E. A., 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 December 2010.
  2. Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317
  3. Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
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