Liotipoma solaris
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| Liotipoma solaris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Liotipomatinae |
| Genus: | Liotipoma |
| Species: | L. solaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Liotipoma solaris McLean, 2012[1] | |
Liotipoma solaris is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[2]
The shell grows to a height of 4 mm and a diameter of 1 mm. It is known from male shells with a fully formed tongue. It has minimal whorl expansion and a very short, triangular tongue with a pointed tip.