Biology:Leucotina micra

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tiny pyramid-shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Amathinidae
Genus:	Leucotina
Species:	L. micra
Binomial name
Leucotina micra (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900)
Synonyms
Odostomia micra Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900 Odostomia punctospira Tate & May, 1900 Odostomia (Evalea) micra Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900 Turbonilla (Ondina) micra Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900

Leucotina micra, common name the tiny pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Amathinidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell measures 2 mm.

Distribution

This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, and Victoria.

References

• OBIS : Odostomia micra

Wikidata ☰ Q7078197 entry