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Leiocithara
''Leiocithara'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the 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. Species Species within the genus ''Leiocithara'' include: * '' |
Leiocithara
''Leiocithara'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the 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. Species Species within the genus ''Leiocithara'' include: * '' |
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 ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ..., 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 ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia 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 ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') ... [...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 he riverKei''), officially the Republic of Transkei ( xh, iRiphabliki yeTranskei), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was, along with Ciskei, a Ban ..., South Africa, at depths between 50 m and 120 m. References Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gast ... [...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 sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ..., 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 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, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575 External links Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295 {{DEFAULTSORT:Leiocithar ... [...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 he riverKei''), officially the Republic of Transkei ( xh, iRiphabliki yeTranskei), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was, along with Ciskei, a Ban ..., South Africa, at depths between 160 m and 350 m. References Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575 External links Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |