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Liostomia eburnea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Genus
  
Liostomia

Liostomia eburnea

Liostomia eburnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

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Description

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

  • European waters (ERMS scope) (Barents Sea; Okhotsk Sea)
  • Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada to Massachusetts, USA
  • Gulf of Maine
  • Northwest Atlantic Ocean
  • References

    Liostomia eburnea Wikipedia