Leptothyra filifera

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

Leptothyra filifera 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Leptothyra filifera (Deshayes, 1863).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 March 2011.

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