Lissospira conica

Lissospira conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lissospira
Species: L. conica
Binomial name
Lissospira conica
(Dall, 1927)

Lissospira conica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae,[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA, at a depth of 538 m.

References

  1. ↑ W.H. Dall (1927), Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1885 and 1886; Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 70 (1927)


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