Liotina

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Liotina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
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Liotina
Liotina peronii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Liotiidae
Subfamily: Liotiinae
Genus: Liotina
Munier-Chalmas, 1885
Type species
Liotina gervillei Defrance
Synonyms

Globarene Iredale, 1929

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Description

The solid, cancellated shell has a subdiscoidal shape. Its umbilicus is large, with a spiral funiculum. The aperture is not nacreous. The peristome is varicose, reflected and sub-bilabiate.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia; in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off Fiji, East India and Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Liotina include:

Liotina scalaroides

Further species [5]

  • Liotina depressa(Reeve, 1843)
  • Liotina loculosa (Gould, 1859)
  • Liotina mayana (Tate)
  • Liotina subquadrata T. Woods
  • Liotina tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
  • Liotina varicosa Reeve, 1843
  • Liotina voyi Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1905
Species brought into synonymy

References

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