Lissotesta minima

Lissotesta minima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Lissotesta minima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
(unassigned)
Genus:
Lissotesta
Species:
L. minima
Binomial name
Lissotesta minima
(Seguenza, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarites minimus Seguenza, 1876 (original combination)
  • Trochus minutulus Jeffreys 1883

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This bathyal species occurs in the Bay of Biscay, off Portugal; as a Late Pliocene fossil in Sicily.

References
  1. Lissotesta minima (Seguenza, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2013.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • "Lissotesta minima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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