Litiopa

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

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Litiopa
Litiopa limnophysa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Litiopa
Rang, 1829
Synonyms
  • Abaconia Clench, 1938
  • Bombyxinus Bélanger in Lesson, 1834
  • Buccinopsis Deshayes, 1865
  • Leptinaria (Abaconia) Clench, 1938
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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Litiopa:[1]

  • Litiopa acuminata (Baudon, 1853)
  • Litiopa alnensis Cossmann, 1907
  • Litiopa insolita (Deshayes, 1865)
  • Litiopa limnophysa Melvill & Standen, 1896
  • Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829)
  • Litiopa nipponica Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
  • Litiopa punctulifera Tate, 1894
  • Litiopa texana Garvie, 1996
  • Litiopa tumescens (Thiele, 1925)
  • Litiopa turriculata (Cossmann, 1896)
Former species
  • Litiopa bucciniformis Hornung & Mermod, 1926 - synonymized with Bittium proteum (Jousseaume, 1931)
  • Litiopa effusa C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Litiopa obesa C. B. Adams, 1850 - synonymized with Gutturnium muricinum (Röding, 1798)
  • Litiopa saxicola C. B. Adams, 1852 - synonymized with Elachisina saxicola (C. B. Adams, 1852)

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