Leiocithara apollinea

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

Leiocithara apollinea
Original image of a shell of Leiocithara apollinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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)

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

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