Liostomia eburnea
Drawing of a shell of Liostomia eburnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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]

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.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Distribution: Range: 74°N to 42°N; 70.5°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
  • Habitat: circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2011). Liostomia eburnea (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140966 on 2011-10-26
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. ↑ Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 344; 1889


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