''Liotina'' is a genus of

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mollusks in the family

Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of ...

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia; in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off

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Species

Species within the genus ''Liotina'' include: * ''

Liotina crassibasis ''Liotina crassibasis'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Liotina crassibasis'' E.A. Smith, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

'' Smith, 1880 * ''

Liotina crenata ''Liotina crenata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae. Description The diameter of the shell is 15 mm. The depressed shell has a turbinate shape. The spire whorls are somewhat exserted, all show ...

'' (Kiener, 1839) * ''

Liotina cycloma ''Liotina cycloma'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). ''Liotina cycloma'' Tomlin, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...

'' Tomlin, 1918 * ''

Liotina fijiensis ''Liotina fijiensis'', common name the Pacific liotia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). ''Liotina fijiensis'' Pilsbry, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

'' Pilsbry, 1934 * †''

Liotina gervilii ''Liotina gervilii'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the G ...

'' (Defrance, 1818) * ''

Liotina hermanni ''Liotina hermanni'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Liotina hermanni'' (Dunker, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Mari ...

'' (Dunker, 1869) * ''

Liotina montamarina ''Liotina montamarina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae. Description Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an islan ...

'' Okutani, 2001 * ''

Liotina peronii ''Liotina peronii'' , common names: Peron's delphinula, wheel shell and large liotia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Liotina peronii'' (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through ...

'' (Kiener, 1839) * '' Liotina semiclathratula'' (Schrenck, 1862 in 1862-63) * '' Liotina solidula'' (Gould, 1859) * '' Liotina tantilla'' (A. Adams, 1863) * †'' Liotina turua'' Maxwell, 1978 Liotina scalaroides 003

Further species Discover Life : Liotina
/ref> * '' 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 ''Liotina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Liotiidae. Description The solid, cancellated shell has a subdiscoidal shape. Its Umbilicus (mollusc), umbilicus is large, with a s ...

'' Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1905 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Liotina armata'' A. Adams, 1861: synonym of ''

Bathyliotina armata ''Bathyliotina armata'', is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bathyliotina armata (A. Adams, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...

'' (A. Adams, 1861) * ''Liotina australis'' Kiener, 1839: synonym of ''

Austroliotia australis ''Austroliotia australis'', common name the southern liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae. Description The height of the shell attains 14 mm. The white shell is rather widely umbilicated. Th ...

'' (Kiener, 1839) * ''Liotina scalaroides'' Reeve, 1834: synonym of '' Liotinaria scalarioides'' Reeve, 1843

References

* Munier-Chalmas in Fischer, 1885 in P. Fischer''Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, (9): 831'']. * Iredale, 1929, ''Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 9(3): 274''. * Wilson, B. (1993). ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408 * Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined.'' Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.

External links

Charles F. Laseron, ''Revision of the Liotiidae of New South Wales'', The Australia Zoologist, Royal Zoological Society of new South Wales, v. 12, 1954
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