Leucorhynchia punctata
Leucorhynchia punctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Leucorhynchia punctata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Leucorhynchia |
| Species: | L. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872) | |
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Description
The shell has a diameter of 2.5 mm. The solid, yellowish white, subtranslucent shell has a depressed convex shape. It is more flattened below. The umbilicus is almost covered. The surface is covered by microscopic, close granular spiral striae, more apparent at the suture and around the umbilicus.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola,[1] São Tomé and Príncipe, Ghana and Guinea.[3]
References
- Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2018.
- G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Rubio F. & Rolán E. (1990) Aportaciones a los conocimientos sobre los micromoluscos de África Occidental. 2 Archaeogastropoda de São Tomé y Principe. Iberus 9(1-2): 209-219.
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