Biology:Lioglyphostoma tenuata
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
| Lioglyphostoma tenuata | |
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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. tenuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lioglyphostoma tenuata F.S. MacNeil, 1960
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Lioglyphostoma tenuata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm; its diameter 3.7 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of Okinawa.
References
- MacNeil, FS 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, 339: 148 p.; USGS, US Government Printing Office, Washington.
Wikidata ☰ Q60183417 entry
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