Leucorhynchia crossei

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Leucorhynchia crossei
Leucorhynchia crossei 01.jpg
A shell of Leucorhynchia crossei
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Leucorhynchia
Species:
L. crossei
Binomial name
Leucorhynchia crossei
Tryon, 1888
Synonyms

Teinostoma (Leucorhynchia) crossei Tryon, 1888

Leucorhynchia crossei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description[]

The diameter of the shell is 3 mm. It differs from the Leucorhynchia caledonica in having a rounded periphery. The surface is polished, without a trace of striae.[2]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman, Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-Malaysia, Singapore, Western Australia and off Korea

References[]

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Leucorhynchia crossei Tryon, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596662 on 2012-09-01
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Melvill, J.C., 1906. A revision of the species of Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae occurring in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7:20-283, 20-28, plate 3.
  • Ladd, H.S. (1966). Chitons and gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from the western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper. 531 : 1-98 16 pls
  • Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp

External links[]

  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Leucorhynchia crossei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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