Biology:Lioglyphostoma ericea
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Image of a shell of Lioglyphostoma ericea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Lioglyphostoma |
| Species: | L. ericea
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| Lioglyphostoma ericea (Hinds, 1843)
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Lioglyphostoma ericea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 15 mm.
The light brown shell is slightly shouldered. The ribs continue to the sutures, nodulous below the shoulder, by the crossing of revolving lines.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands; also off the Angel de La Guarda Island, Gulf of California; off Isla Smith, Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lioglyphostoma ericea (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia ericea)
- Hinds, Richard Brinsley. "Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Captain Sir Edward Belcher." The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (1843): 255–257.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- Gastropods.com: Lioglyphostoma ericea
Wikidata ☰ Q3714239 entry
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