Lissospira abyssicola

Lissospira abyssicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Synonyms
  • Ganesa abyssicola Bush, 1897
  • Lissospira (Ganesa) abyssicola Bush, 1897

Lissospira abyssicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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)