Lovellona carbonaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Lovellona carbonaria
Shell of Lovellona carbonaria (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Lovellona
Species:
L. carbonaria
Binomial name
Lovellona carbonaria
Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009

Description edit

The shell size attains 10 mm

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

References edit

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Lovellona carbonaria. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434302 on 2018-02-08
  • Chino M. & Stahlschmidt P. (2009) New turrid species of the Mitromorpha-complex (Gastropoda: Conidae: Clathurellinae) from the Philippines and Japan. Visaya 2(4): 63–82.

External links edit

  • "Lovellona carbonaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: Lovellona carbonaria (paratype)