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Leiocithara porcellanea

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Species of gastropod

Leiocithara porcellanea
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. porcellanea
Binomial name
Leiocithara porcellanea
Kilburn, 1992

Leiocithara porcellanea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.1 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm. It is closely related to Leiocithara lischkei (E. A. Smith, 1888) from Japan, but otherwise it displays shell characters of both Leiocithara and Citharomangelia.

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Distribution

This species occurs off Zululand, South Africa, at depths between 75 m and 160 m.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara porcellanea Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434196 on 2017-08-03

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Taxon identifiers
Leiocithara porcellanea
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