Leiocithara potti explained

Leiocithara potti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and off Eritrea.

References

• Sturany, R. "Diagnosen neuer Gastropoden aus dem Rothen Meere." Anzeiger der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissen schaften, Wien 37 (1900): 197–201.
• Sturany R (1903) Expeditionen S.M. Schiff "Pola" in das Rothe Meer, nördliche und südliche Hälfte, 1895/96 – 1897/98. Zoologische Ergebnisse XXIII. Gastropoden des Rothen Meeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 74: 210–283.
• Albano P.G., Bakker P.A.J., Janssen R. & Eschner A. (2017). An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany’s type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): Red Sea gastropods. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 93(1): 45-94

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Leiocithara potti (Sturany, 1900). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955638 on 2017-08-04