Lissospira striata

Lissospira striata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Lissospira striata
Original drawing of a shell of Lissospira striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lissospira
Species:
L. striata
Binomial name
Lissospira striata
Bush, 1897
Synonyms

Ganesa striata Bush, 1897

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. The shell consists of about three convex whorls forming a comparatively low, somewhat depressed spire. The entire surface below the relatively large, little raised, smooth nuclear whorl, is covered with raised, rounded, well-separated, revolving microscopic threads, most distinct on the base. The small umbilicus is scarcely more than a chink. The aperture and the operculum are typical.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off New England, USA, found off Martha's Vineyard.

References

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