Liostomia eburnea

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Liostomia eburnea
Drawing of a shell of Liostomia eburnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Liostomia
Species:
L. eburnea
Binomial name
Liostomia eburnea
(Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms

Eulimella eburnea Stimpson, 1851

Liostomia eburnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]

The white, shining shell has a smooth sculpture. Its length measures 4–5 mm. The four whorls of the teleoconch are rather convex, subangulated at the suture. The aperture is ovate-elliptic. The peristome is thin, simple, acute, effuse anteriorly. The umbilicus is narrow.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

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