Liostomia eburnea

Liostomia eburnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1][2][3][4]

Liostomia eburnea
Drawing of a shell of Liostomia eburnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Liostomia
Species:	L. eburnea
Binomial name
Liostomia eburnea (Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms
Eulimella eburnea Stimpson, 1851

Description

The white, shining shell has a smooth sculpture. Its length measures 4–5 mm. The four whorls of the teleoconch are rather convex, subangulated at the suture. The aperture is ovate-elliptic. The peristome is thin, simple, acute, effuse anteriorly. The umbilicus is narrow.^[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

• European waters (ERMS scope) (Barents Sea; Okhotsk Sea)
• Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada to Massachusetts, USA
• Gulf of Maine
• Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:^[1]

• Distribution: Range: 74°N to 42°N; 70.5°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
• Habitat: circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary