Leiocithara perlucidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Leiocithara perlucidula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Leiocithara |
Species: | L. perlucidula
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Binomial name | |
Leiocithara perlucidula Kilburn, 1992
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs off Northern Zululand to Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, at depths between 40 m and 150 m.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara perlucidula Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434195 on 2017-08-03