Livonia (gastropod)

Livonia is a genus of medium-sized Indo-Pacific predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

The genus belongs to the clade Livoniini, which is usually placed in the subfamily Cymbiinae (but sometimes in the Fulgorariinae instead).

Species

Species within the genus Livonia include:

• Livonia joerinkensi <small>(Poppe, 1987)</small>
• Livonia limpusi <small>Bail, 1999</small>
• Livonia mammilla <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)</small>
• Livonia mervcooperi <small>Bail & Limpus, 2010</small>
• Livonia nodiplicata <small>(Cox, 1910)</small>
• Livonia roadnightae <small>(McCoy, 1881)</small>

• Livonia quisqualis <small>Iredale, 1957</small>: synonym of Livonia roadnightae <small>(McCoy, 1881)</small>

References

• Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

• Iredale, T. (1934). Two new generic names for South Australian marine Mollusca. The South Australian Naturalist. 15(2): 57-58