Leiocithara translucens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Leiocithara translucens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Leiocithara |
| Species: | L. translucens
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| Binomial name | |
| Leiocithara translucens (Barnard, 1958)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangilia translucens Barnard, 1958 (original combinatio | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs off Transkei, South Africa, at depths between 50 m and 120 m.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara translucens (Barnard, 1958). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434197 on 2017-08-04
- Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
- Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Leiocithara translucens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.