Lissotesta micra

Lissotesta micra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Lissotesta
Species:
L. micra
Binomial name
Lissotesta micra
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Synonyms[1]

Cyclostrema micra Tenison-Woods, 1876 (original combination)

Lissotesta micra, common name the tiny false top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 1.3 mm. Its shell is colourless (transparent) when fresh, and becomes opaque white with age.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tasmania and off New South Wales, Australia.

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissotesta micra (Tenison-Woods, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598318 on 27 March 2013
  2. ^ "Lissotesta micra". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 2025-04-29.


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