Liostomia eburnea explained

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:

• 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:

• 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

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
• CLEMAM
• Encyclopedia of Life
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

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. https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up Manual of Conchology vol. VIII