Biology:Lioglyphostoma adematum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lioglyphostoma adematum
Lioglyphostoma adematum 001.jpg
Shell of Lioglyphostoma adematum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Lioglyphostoma
Species:
L. adematum
Binomial name
Lioglyphostoma adematum
Woodring, 1928

Lioglyphostoma adematum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe and in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil ; fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Lioglyphostoma adematum Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532969 on 2018-11-26
  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13766314 entry