''Lissotesta pygmaea'' is an extinct species of

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Seguenzioidea.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Lissotesta pygmaea'' Lozouet, 1999 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245616 on 2018-12-28Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.

Distribution

This species occurs in France.

References

pygmaea Gastropods described in 1999 {{Seguenzioidea-stub