Liotia

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Liotia echinacantha 001.jpg | image_caption = Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Liotia echinacantha | taxon = Liotia | authority = Gray, 1842 | synonyms = | type_species= Delphinula cancellata Gray, 1828

Liotia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.

Liotia is the type genus of the family Liotiidae.

Description

The species in this genus are small to minute. They have a depressed or turbinate shape. They are all umbilicated with a nacreous inner layer. The thickened outer lip, attached to the body whorl for a short length, is continuous. Where the operculum has been stated, it is horny and multispiral.

Species

;Species brought into synonymy:

References

  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.

References

  1. Gray (1842). ''Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus.'' '''ed. 44''': 57.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Liotia Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415570 on 2013-09-07
  3. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5718909#page/523/mode/1up West American species of the genus Liotia; Transactions of The San Diego Society For Natural History vol. 7 (1934)]
  4. [https://archive.org/details/proceedingsoflin26linn Hedley, C. 1901. ''Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IV.'' Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 16-25 (8, pl. 2, figs 4-6)]

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