Leiocithara apollinea

Leiocithara apollinea
Original image of a shell of Leiocithara apollinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Leiocithara
Species: L. apollinea
Binomial name
Leiocithara apollinea
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela apollinea (Melvill, 1904)
  • Mangilia apollinea Melvill, 1904 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.

This white shell is a scalate Leiocithara .It has an ovate fusiform shape and contains 5 whorls. It is principally conspicuous for its thickened longitudinal ribs, 9-10 in number on the body whorl. The interstices are quite smooth. One spiral keel alone, a little below the sutures, crosses the ribs at right angles, and at the point of junction bears a beaded point. The aperture is oblong and becomes narrower at its base. The outer lip is incrassate.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara apollinea (Melvill, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434188 on 2017-08-03
  2. ↑ J.C. Melvill, descriptions of twenty-three species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, in 1903.." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.6 (1904) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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