Lovellona elongata

Lovellona elongata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Lovellona elongata
Shell of Lovellona elongata (paratype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Lovellona
Species:
L. elongata
Binomial name
Lovellona elongata
Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009

Description

The shell size attains 7.5 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Wakayama, Honshu, Japan.

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References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Lovellona elongata. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434303 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.
  • "Lovellona elongata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: Lovellona elongata (paratype)


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