Lodderia

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lodderia is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.[1] This genus belonged previously to the family Liotiidae.

Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Quick facts Lodderia Temporal range: Miocene to Recent, Scientific classification ...
Lodderia
Temporal range: Miocene to Recent
Drawing with two views of Lodderia novemcarinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lodderia
Tate, 1899
Type species
Lodderia lodderae
Petterd, W.F., 1884
Species

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Synonyms

Circulus (Lodderia) Tate, 1899

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Description

The shell has a depressed turbinate shape and a deep umbilicus. The sculpture consists of a number of spiral keels. The circular aperture is oblique and shows a prominent varix. The peristome is continuous. The white operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Lodderia include:

Species brought into synonymy

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