Liotina crenata

Liotina crenata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Liotina crenata
Liotina crenata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Liotiidae
Subfamily:
Liotiinae
Genus:
Liotina
Species:
L. crenata
Binomial name
Liotina crenata
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Delphinula crenata Kiener, 1839
  • Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929 [2]
  • Liotia (Arene) crenata Kiener, 1839

Description

The diameter of the shell is 15 mm. The depressed shell has a turbinate shape. The spire whorls are somewhat exserted, all showing a pair of peripheral keels, which are strongly, or subsipinosely crenulated. The whorls are encircled by a spiral series of granules above. The base of the shell is smooth. The umbilicus is of a moderate size, defined by a riblet. The peristome is strongly crenately varicose. The color of the shell is whitish, stained with chestnut.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll; in the Pacific off the Philippines.

Apertural view

References
  1. Liotina crenata (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. Indo_pacific Molluscan Database
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
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