Lioglyphostoma ericea

Lioglyphostoma ericea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Lioglyphostoma ericea
Image of a shell of Lioglyphostoma ericea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Lioglyphostoma
Species:	L. ericea
Binomial name
Lioglyphostoma ericea (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula ericea Hinds, 1843 Lioglyphostoma sirena Dall, 1919 Mangilia ericea Hinds, 1843

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 15 mm.

The light brown shell is slightly shouldered. The ribs continue to the sutures, nodulous below the shoulder, by the crossing of revolving lines.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands; also off the Angel de La Guarda Island, Gulf of California; off Isla Smith, Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico.