Leiocithara apollinea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Leiocithara apollinea
Original image of a shell of Leiocithara apollinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Species:
L. apollinea
Binomial name
Leiocithara apollinea
(Melvill, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela apollinea (Melvill, 1904)
  • Mangilia apollinea Melvill, 1904 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.

This white shell is a scalate Leiocithara .It has an ovate fusiform shape and contains 5 whorls. It is principally conspicuous for its thickened longitudinal ribs, 9–10 in number on the body whorl. The interstices are quite smooth. One spiral keel alone, a little below the sutures, crosses the ribs at right angles, and at the point of junction bears a beaded point. The aperture is oblong and becomes narrower at its base. The outer lip is incrassate.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara apollinea (Melvill, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434188 on 2017-08-03
  2. ^ J.C. Melvill, descriptions of twenty-three species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, in 1903.." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.6 (1904)   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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