Biology:Callomphala lucida

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Callomphala lucida
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Callomphala
Species:
C. lucida
Binomial name
Callomphala lucida
(A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Callomphala alta Laseron, 1954
  • Neritula (Callomphala) lucida A. Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Teinostoma lucida Hedley, 1899

Callomphala lucida, common name the bright liotia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

This species has a white, shining, pellucid, depressed, shell with the aperture right in front.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, Australia.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Callomphala lucida (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719412 on 2013-10-01
  • Cotton, B. C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. W.L. Hawes, Adelaide.. 449 pp., 1 pl.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0–0.

Wikidata ☰ Q13450122 entry