Leiocithara potti
| Leiocithara potti | |
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| Original image of a shell of Leiocithara potti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Leiocithara |
| Species: | L. potti |
| Binomial name | |
| Leiocithara potti (Sturany, 1900) | |
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Leiocithara potti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 12.4 mm, its diameter 4.3 mm. The length of the aperture measures 6.0 mm ; its diameter 2.2 mm.
(Original description in German) The shell is spindle-shaped and composed of nearly eight whorls. It is colored a yellowish-brown and retains faint traces of approximately six to seven brown spiral bands, which are only clearly visible on the swelling just before the aperture. The initial whorls are smooth, shining, and rounded, while the remaining whorls are equipped with nine to ten strong, obliquely set, and angled transverse folds; these give the entire whorl a distinctly angular appearance.
On the body whorl, the number of primary transverse folds reduces to eight, and several indistinct secondary folds are interspersed between them. Situated immediately before the aperture is a massive, rib-like thickening that runs all the way from the suture to the base. The spiral sculpture is only hinted at at the base of the body whorl, appearing as lines that run obliquely across the stalk-shaped canal. The aperture is elongated and features a slightly recurved siphonal canal, a sharp outer edge that is lipped with white on the interior, and a rounded notch. [2]
Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 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
- ↑ Sturany, R. (1900). "Diagnosen neuer Gastropoden aus dem Rothen Meeres". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 37: 209. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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