Callomphala lucida

Callomphala lucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Callomphala
Species: C. lucida
Binomial name
Callomphala lucida
(A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Callomphala alta Laseron, 1954
  • Neritula (Callomphala) lucida A. Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Teinostoma lucida Hedley, 1899

Callomphala lucida, common name the bright liotia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

This species has a white, shining, pellucid, depressed, shell with the aperture right in front.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, Australia.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Callomphala lucida (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719412 on 2013-10-01


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