Leucorhynchia lirata
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| Leucorhynchia lirata | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Leucorhynchia lirata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Leucorhynchia |
| Species: | L. lirata |
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| Leucorhynchia lirata (E.A. Smith, 1871) | |
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Leucorhynchia lirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
The height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The white, subimperforate shell is very small and has a globular shape. The spire contains 3½ finely lirate whorls. It is strongly plicate beneath the suture and around the umbilical callosity. The aperture is rounded. The peristome is continuous.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.
