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Lissotesta micra (Tenison-Woods, 1877)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Seguenziida »  genus Lissotesta

Scientific synonyms

Cyclostrema micra Tenison-Woods, 1877 o

Type taxon of:Lissotesta Iredale, 1915 (Cyclostrema micra Tenison-Woods, 1877)

Images

Lissotesta micra

Author: Beechey

Lissotesta micra

Author: Tate & May

Lissotesta micra

Author: Suter, H.

Lissotesta micra

Author: Warén, A.

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Description

Shell small, elevated turbinate, white, polished, umbilicated. Sculpture consisting of exceedingly fine microscopical spiral striae, more distinct on the umbilicus. Colour white. Spire conical, outlines convex, a little higher than the aperture. Protoconch minute, sphaerical, of 1 smooth translucent whorl. Whorls 5, regularly increasing, convex, the last rounded at the periphery ; base convex. Suture deep. Aperture circular, slightly angled above. Peristome continuous, sharp, not thickened. Columella arcuate, thin. Umbilicus narrow, deep. Operculum horny, multispiral. Diameter, 1,5 mm. ; height, 2 mm. New Zealand: Snares, in 50 fathoms (Captain Bollons). The type is from Tasmania, and it has also been found in South Australia and Victoria.
Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [c9cbc3f6-fe16-4992-b015-19d2d19a8af7]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Lissotesta micra (Tenison-Woods, 1877)]
Data retrieved on: 15 February 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Lissotesta micra Tenison-Woods, 1876]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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