Putilla lucida

Putilla lucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1][2]

Putilla lucida
Drawing with an apertural view of Putilla lucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Seguenziidae
Genus: Putilla
Species:
P. lucida
Binomial name
Putilla lucida
A. Adams, 1867

Description

The solid, white shell is rimate. it is subpellucid, smooth, and shining, white. The four whorls are convex. The thick outer lip simple.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. 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
  2. Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
  3. G.W. Tryon, 1886, Manual of Conchology vol. IX, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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