Leptothyra rubricincta

Leptothyra rubricincta is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Leptothyra rubricincta
A collection of tiny shells of Leptothyra rubricincta (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Leptothyra
Species:
L. rubricincta
Binomial name
Leptothyra rubricincta
(Mighels, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Collonia multistriata (Pse.) Sowerby
  • Collonia rubrilineata (Pse.) Sowerby
  • Leptothyra rubrilineata (Garrett) v. Martens
  • Turbo multilineata Garrett, 1857

Description

The shell is minute with a shell size of 2.2 mm. It has a depressed-globose shape and is perforate. The spire is short. The apex is obtuse. There are four convex whorls, encircled by coarse white spiral ribs. The interstices are deep red. The base of the shell is smooth, with concentric red stripes. The large aperture is rounded and oblique. The umbilicus is narrow. Some specimens are beaded below the sutures, and there is some variation in the width of the umbilical perforation. The revolving ribs are sometimes obsolete. There are usually eight ribs to double that number on the body whorl.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific

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References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Leptothyra rubricincta (Mighels, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607184 on 2013-02-10
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
  • To ITIS
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Leptothyra rubricincta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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