Liotina

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

Liotina
Liotina peronii
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Liotina

Munier-Chalmas, 1885
Type species
Liotina gervillei Defrance
Synonyms

Globarene Iredale, 1929

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

  • 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.
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