Putilla lucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1][2]
| Putilla lucida | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of Putilla lucida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Seguenziidae |
| Genus: | Putilla |
| Species: | P. lucida
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| Binomial name | |
| Putilla lucida A. Adams, 1867
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Description
editThe solid, white shell is rimate. it is subpellucid, smooth, and shining, white. The four whorls are convex. The thick outer lip simple.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Japan.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Putilla lucida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598120 on 27 March 2013
- ^ Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
- ^ G.W. Tryon, 1886, Manual of Conchology vol. IX, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia