Lissospira conica

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

Lissospira conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lissospira
Species:
L. conica
Binomial name
Lissospira conica
(Dall, 1927)

Description

The height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This particular species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA, at a depth of 538 m.

References
  1. W.H. Dall (1927), Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1885 and 1886; Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 70 (1927)


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