Liostomia eburnea

Liostomia eburnea
	Drawing of a shell of Liostomia eburnea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Liostomia
Species:	L. eburnea
Binomial name
	Liostomia eburnea; (Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms
	Eulimella eburnea Stimpson, 1851

Liostomia eburnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]

Description

The white, shining shell has a smooth sculpture. Its length measures 4–5 mm. The four whorls of the teleoconch are rather convex, subangulated at the suture. The aperture is ovate-elliptic. The peristome is thin, simple, acute, effuse anteriorly. The umbilicus is narrow.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

European waters (ERMS scope) (Barents Sea; Okhotsk Sea)
Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada to Massachusetts, USA
Gulf of Maine
Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

Distribution: Range: 74°N to 42°N; 70.5°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
Habitat: circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary

References

Gofas, S. (2011). Liostomia eburnea (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140966 on 2011-10-26
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 344; 1889

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[WoRMS-1] Gofas, S. (2011). Liostomia eburnea (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140966 on 2011-10-26

[2] Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

[3] Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

[4] Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

[5] Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 344; 1889