Lioglyphostoma adematum

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

Lioglyphostoma adematum
Shell of Lioglyphostoma adematum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Lioglyphostoma
Species:
L. adematum
Binomial name
Lioglyphostoma adematum
Woodring, 1928

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe and in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil; fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Lioglyphostoma adematum Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532969 on 2018-11-26
  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Lioglyphostoma adematum
  • da Silva, Gutembergue Francisco, and José Carlos Nascimento de Barros. "SISTEMÁTICA DOS TURRIDAE SWAINSON, 1840 (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA) COLIGIDOS DA PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL DO NORDESTE DO BRASIL."
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