Lovellona biconus
Appearance
Lovellona biconus | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Lovellona biconus (paratype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mitromorphidae |
Genus: | Lovellona |
Species: | L. biconus
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Binomial name | |
Lovellona biconus Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009
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Lovellona biconus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 8 mm and 11 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Lovellona biconus Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434301 on 2018-02-08
- Chino M. & Stahlschmidt P. (2009) New turrid species of the Mitromorpha-complex (Gastropoda: Conidae: Clathurellinae) from the Philippines and Japan. Visaya 2(4): 63–82.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lovellona biconus.
- "Lovellona biconus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- MNHN, Paris: Lovellona biconus (paratype)