Lissospira bushae
| Lissospira bushae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lissospira |
| Species: | L. bushae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lissospira bushae (Dall, 1927)
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Lissospira bushae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae,[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 3.3 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.
(Original description) The shell resembles Lissospira proxima Tryon, 1888 but it is larger and features a less elevated spire. It comprises nearly four white, well-rounded, smooth, and polished whorls. A well-marked but not deep suture is present.
The shell has a perforate umbilicus with no spiral striations around it. The base is convex.
The aperture is nearly circular, and the lips are united over the body by a thin layer of enamel. The margins are thin and entire. The inner lip lies close to but is not reflected over the umbilicus. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, United States, at a depth of 538 m.
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissospira bushae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532977 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): 698. Retrieved 14 June 2025.