Lissospira striata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Lissospira striata | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Lissospira striata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lissospira |
| Species: | L. striata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lissospira striata Bush, 1897
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| Synonyms | |
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Ganesa striata Bush, 1897 | |
Description
editThe height of the shell attains 1.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. The shell consists of about three convex whorls forming a comparatively low, somewhat depressed spire. The entire surface below the relatively large, little raised, smooth nuclear whorl, is covered with raised, rounded, well-separated, revolving microscopic threads, most distinct on the base. The small umbilicus is scarcely more than a chink. The aperture and the operculum are typical.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off New England, USA, found off Martha's Vineyard.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissospira striata Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [1] on 2012-09-01
- ^ Bush, K. J. 1897. Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella, and related genera; with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America; Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 10, 1899-1900