Lissotesta minima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Lissotesta minima
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L. minima
Binomial name
Lissotesta minima
(Seguenza, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarites minimus Seguenza, 1876 (original combination)
  • Trochus minutulus Jeffreys 1883

Description edit

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm.

Distribution edit

This bathyal species occurs in the Bay of Biscay, off Portugal; as a Late Pliocene fossil in Sicily.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Lissotesta minima (Seguenza, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2013.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links edit

  • "Lissotesta minima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.