Lissospira valvata
| Lissospira valvata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lissospira |
| Species: | L. valvata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lissospira valvata (Dall, 1927)
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Lissospira valvata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell attains 2.6 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, Georgia, USA, and the Bahamas at depths between 45 m and 805 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissospira valvata (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532983 on 2012-09-01
- Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1-134