Lepetella tubicola

Lepetella tubicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Lepetellidae
Genus:	Lepetella
Species:	L. tubicola
Binomial name
Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880 [1]

Lepetella tubicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae.^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a size of 4 mm. The thin, white shell has a conical shape. The apex is acute and nearly central. The broad aperture is elliptical, oblong or subcircular. It is usually more or less warped, owing to its habitat. The edge is thin and simple. There is no sculpture. The growth lines are slight. The outer surface is dull white. The inner surface is smooth with the pallial markings faint. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the Gulf of Mexico, off Louisiana.

References

1. Verrill and Smith, in Verrill, Amer. Journ. Sci., xx, pp. 391, 396, Nov., 1880;
2. Lepetella tubicola Verrill & Smith, 1880.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
3. Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, The American journal of science, ser. 3 vol. 20

• Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science (3)20: 390-403
• Smith, S.M.; Heppell, D. (1991). Checklist of the British marine Mollusca.
• Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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