Leptothyra filifer

Leptothyra filifer
A number of shells of Leptothyra filifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Leptothyra
Species: L. filifer
Binomial name
Leptothyra filifer
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Collonista filifera (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Turbo filifer Deshayes, 1863

Leptothyra filifer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean.

References


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