Lissomphalia bithynoides

Lissomphalia bithynoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

Lissomphalia bithynoides
Drawing of a shell of Lissomphalia bithynoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lissomphalia
Species:
L. bithynoides
Binomial name
Lissomphalia bithynoides
(Monterosato, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
  • Anekes sabellii Bogi & Nofroni 1989
  • Cyclostrema bithynoides Monterosato 1880
  • Lissospira bithynoides (Jeffreys, 1883)

Description

The thin, whitish shell is narrowly umbilicated. Its maximum reported size is 1 mm. The fine growth lines are crossed by microscopic close-set spiral strife, giving the surface a frosted appearance. The 3½ whorls are rapidly increasing. The body whorl is tumid. The peristome is continuous, but partly adnate.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Europe and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. Monterosato T. A. (di), 1880b: Conchiglie della zona degli abissi; Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 6: 50–82
  2. Lissomphalia bithynoides (Monterosato, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema bithynoides)
  • BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • "Lissomphalia bithynoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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