Lioglyphostoma tenuata

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

Lioglyphostoma tenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Lioglyphostoma
Species:
L. tenuata
Binomial name
Lioglyphostoma tenuata
F.S. MacNeil, 1960

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm; its diameter 3.7 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of Okinawa.

References
  1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Lioglyphostoma chinenensis
  • MacNeil, FS 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, 339: 148 p.; USGS, US Government Printing Office, Washington.


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