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Leiocithara
''Leiocithara'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Leiocithara Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432487 on 2017-04-28 Ch. Hedley originally proposed ''Leiocithara'' as a subgenus of ''Eucithara'' for a group of smooth shells having the contour of ''Eucithara'', but without the characteristic grain Sculpture (mollusc), sculpture. Species Species within the genus ''Leiocithara'' include: * ''Leiocithara a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Porcellanea
''Leiocithara porcellanea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.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 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 Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ..., but otherwise it displays shell characters of both ''Leiocithara'' and '' Citharomangelia''. Distribution This species occurs off Zululand, South Africa, at depths between 75 m and 160 m. References Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Apollinea
''Leiocithara apollinea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara apollinea (Melvill, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434188 on 2017-08-03 Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm. This white shell is a scalate ''Leiocithara'' .It has an ovate fusiform shape and contains 5 whorls. It is principally conspicuous for its thickened longitudinal ribs, 9–10 in number on the body whorl. The interstices are quite smooth. One spiral keel alone, a little below the sutures, crosses the ribs at right angles, and at the point of junction bears a beaded point. The aperture is oblong and becomes narrower at its base. The outer lip is incrassate. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Angulata
''Leiocithara angulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara angulata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434187 on 2017-04-28 Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm. The whorls are sharply angulated, with a few sharp narrow longitudinal ribs, crossing the shoulder to the suture, no revolving striae. The shell is yellowish brown, lineated with pale chestnut. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ... References * Reeve, L.A. 1846. ''Monograph of the genus Mangelia''. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Potti
''Leiocithara potti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2017). Leiocithara potti (Sturany, 1900). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955638 on 2017-08-04 Description The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Red Sea and off Eritrea. References * Sturany, R. "Diagnosen neuer Gastropoden aus dem Rothen Meere." Anzeiger der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissen schaften, Wien 37 (1900): 197–201. * Sturany R (1903) ''Expeditionen S.M. Schiff "Pola" in das Rothe Meer, nördliche und südliche Hälfte, 1895/96 – 1897/98.'' Zoologische Ergebnisse XXIII. Gastropoden des Rothen Meeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 74: 210–283. Albano P.G., Bakker P.A.J., Janssen R. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Longispira
''Leiocithara longispira'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara longispira (E. A. Smith, 1879). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434191 on 2017-08-03 Description The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm. (Original description) The slender shell has a fusiform shape. It is whitish, banded with brown between the ribs; zones two in number on the upper whorl—one a little below the upper suture, and the other at the base. The shell contains 10 whorls, the two first smooth, convex, the rest somewhat excavated above, obtusely angled at the middle, obliquely costate and spirally striated. There are about six ribs on a whorl, oblique, subnodose at the middle, attenuating at both extremities and not reaching to the upper suture. The transverse striae are rather coarse, minutely decussated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Infulata
''Leiocithara infulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara infulata (Hedley, 1909). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434190 on 2017-08-02 Description The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm. (Original description) The small shell is very solid, regularly biconical and sharply angled at the shoulder. Its colour is white, or pale buff with narrow bands of darker buff. It contains 5 whorls, including a protoconch of two smooth rounded whorls. The body whorl measures two-thirds of the shell's length. Sculpture: on the body- whorl are eight widely spaced thick and prominent vertical ribs radiating from the suture, and vanishing on the base. On the shoulder these are linked and overrun by a spiral cord of nearly equal calibre. This sculpture is repeated on the penultimate whorl, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Lischkei
''Leiocithara lischkei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. The ovate-fusiform shell is turreted. Its color is dark white with very indistinct spiral reddish lines, of which there appear to be three on the body whorl. The shell contains six whorls with a distinct peripheral angle as the result of the presence of a weakly developed peripheral cord. The protoconch is conical and contains 3.5 whorls. The longitudinal sculpture consists of twelve ribs. The spiral sculpture is almost obsolete. The aperture measures about half the total length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate and slightly sinuate at the top. The short siphonal canal is narrow. It is closely related to ''Leiocithara porcellanea'' Kilburn, 1992 from South Africa. Distribution This species occurs in the seas off Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Translucens
''Leiocithara translucens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara translucens (Barnard, 1958). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434197 on 2017-08-04 Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm. Distribution This species occurs off Transkei Transkei ( , meaning ''the area beyond Great Kei River, he river The He River is a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong provinces in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it ...Kei''), officially the Republic of Transkei (), was an list of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa f ..., South Africa, at depths between 50 m and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Macrocephala
''Leiocithara macrocephala'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara macrocephala (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434192 on 2017-08-03 Description Distribution This species occurs off Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ..., Indonesia. References Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, BerlinKilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Musae
''Leiocithara musae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara macrocephala (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434192 on 2017-08-03 Description The length of the shell attains 6.3 mm. Distribution This species occurs off Zanzibar; Mozambique and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ... References Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, BerlinKilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiocithara Zamula
''Leiocithara zamula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara zamula Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434198 on 2017-08-03 Description The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. Distribution This species occurs off Transkei Transkei ( , meaning ''the area beyond Great Kei River, he river The He River is a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong provinces in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it ...Kei''), officially the Republic of Transkei (), was an list of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa f ..., South Africa, at depths between 160 m and 350 m. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |