Liostomia eburnea

Liostomia eburnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

European waters
Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada to Massachusetts, USA
Gulf of Maine
Northwest Atlantic Ocean