Lienardia mighelsi

Lienardia mighelsi
Drawing of Lienardia mighelsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Lienardia
Species:
L. mighelsi
Binomial name
Lienardia mighelsi
Iredale & Tomlin, 1917
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella rugosa (Mighels, 1845)
  • Clathurella solidula Dunker, 1871
  • Glyphostoma rugosum (Mighels, 1845)
  • Lienardia rugosa (Mighels, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma rugosa Mighels, 1845

Lienardia mighelsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description

The outer lip is thickened and bears teeth. The anal sinus is large and rather deep. The color of the shell is whitish, with a chestnut band at the suture, obscurely indicated on the middle of the body whorl. The length of the shell is 6.5 mm.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ a b Lienardia mighelsi Iredale & Tomlin, 1917. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2025.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 297; 1884 (described as Clathurella rugosa)
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III