Lioglyphostoma tenuata

Lioglyphostoma tenuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Lioglyphostoma
Species:
L. tenuata
Binomial name
Lioglyphostoma tenuata
F.S. MacNeil, 1960

Lioglyphostoma tenuata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm; its diameter 3.7 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of Okinawa, Japan.

References

  1. ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Lioglyphostoma chinenensis
  • MacNeil, F.S. (1961). "Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa" (PDF). U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. (339): 1–148. Retrieved 27 June 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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