Theta lyronuclea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Theta lyronuclea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Theta
Species:
T. lyronuclea
Binomial name
Theta lyronuclea
(A. H. Clarke, 1959)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnobela lyroniclea [sic] (misspelling)
  • Gymnobela lyronuclea (A. H. Clarke, 1959)
  • Gymnobela (Theta) lyronuclea (A. H. Clarke, 1959)
  • Pleurotomella lyronuclea Clarke, 1959

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 9.3 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.

References edit

  • Clarke, A.H., Jr. (1959) New abyssal molluscs from off Bermuda collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 33, 231–238, pl. 13
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.

External links edit

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Gymnobela (Theta) lyronuclea