Liamorpha decorata
| Liamorpha decorata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Liamorpha |
| Species: | L. decorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Liamorpha decorata (de Folin, 1873)
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Liamorpha decorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]
Description
[edit]The shell has an oval conic shape. The whorls of the teleoconch are decussated. The lip is undulated by the spiral sculpture which appears on the columella, simulating two plications.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Gulf of Mexico : Texas, Mexico, Guadeloupe.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Liamorpha decorata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730725 on 2015-04-05
- ^ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
- ^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 318 (described as Lia decorata)
External links
[edit]- Encyclopedia of Life
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Liamorpha decorata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.