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Liotella

Liotella is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The shells lack a thickened peristome. The shell is depressed. In some species the shell is coiled nearly into one plane, in others it is somewhat more elevated. The whorls are loosely coiled. The operculum is multispiral with a central nucleus. The sculpture shows strong transverse ribs. The spiral sculpture consists of fine lirae between the ribs or is sometimes almost or entirely obsolete.

Species

Species within the genus Liotella include:

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Liotella coatsiana <small>Melvill & Standen, 1912</small>: synonym of Lodderia coatsiana <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1912)</small>
  • Liotella gravicosta <small>Laseron, 1954</small>: synonym of Liotella petalifera <small>(Hedley & May, 1908)</small>
  • Liotella kirai <small>Habe, 1961</small>: synonym of Munditiella kirai <small>(Habe, 1961)</small>
  • Liotella littoralis <small>Laseron, 1954</small>: synonym of Liotella johnstoni <small>(Beddome, 1883)</small>
  • Liotella parvirota <small>Laseron, 1954</small>: synonym of Liotella kilcundae <small>(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914)</small>
  • Liotella patonga <small>Laseron, 1954</small>: synonym of Liotella annulata <small>(Tenison Woods, 1874)</small>
  • Liotella princeps <small>Laseron, 1954</small>: synonym of Liotella johnstoni <small>(Beddome, 1883)</small>

References

Further reading

  • Iredale, 1915, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 47: 442
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
  • GBIF
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

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