Lissospira abyssicola
Lissospira abyssicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Lissospira abyssicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lissospira |
| Species: | L. abyssicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Lissospira abyssicola Bush, 1897 | |
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Description
The size of the shell attains 2.5 mm. In its general appearance this marine species resembles a true Lissospira, but the umbilical chink is channeled and defined by a raised thread and the aperture is modified by the body whorl to which the peritreme is more attached than in a typical species. It is similar in form to Lissospira dalli but larger, without sculpture and with the columellar lip less flattened.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Georges Bank at a depth of 1790 m.
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissospira abyssicola Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532976 on 2012-09-01
- Bush, K. J. 1897. Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella, and related genera; with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 97-144, pls. 22-23, (1899-1900)
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