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Genus of gastropods
Liotella is a
genus of minute
sea snails or
micromolluscs ,
marine
gastropod
molluscs in the
family
Skeneidae .
[1]
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.
[2]
Species within the genus Liotella include:
Liotella annulata (Tenison Woods, 1874)
Liotella anxia (Hedley, 1909)
Liotella aupouria
Powell , 1937
Liotella cancellata (Krauss, 1848)
Liotella capitata (Hedley, 1907)
Liotella compacta (Petterd, 1884)
Liotella corona (Hedley, 1902)
Liotella crassicostata (Strebel, 1908)
Liotella elegans Laseron, 1958
Liotella endeavourensis Dell, 1990
Liotella indigens
Finlay , 1927
Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883)
Liotella kilcundae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914)
Liotella mackenae
Dell , 1956
Liotella petalifera (Hedley & May, 1908)
Liotella polypleura (Hedley, 1904)
Liotella pulcherrima (Henn & Brazier, 1894)
Liotella rotula (
Suter , 1908)
Liotella vercoi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914)
Species brought into synonymy
Liotella coatsiana Melvill & Standen, 1912 : synonym of
Lodderia coatsiana (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
Liotella gravicosta Laseron, 1954 : synonym of
Liotella petalifera (Hedley & May, 1908)
[3]
Liotella kirai Habe, 1961 : synonym of
Munditiella kirai (Habe, 1961)
Liotella littoralis Laseron, 1954 : synonym of
Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883)
[4]
Liotella parvirota Laseron, 1954 : synonym of
Liotella kilcundae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914)
[5]
Liotella patonga Laseron, 1954 : synonym of
Liotella annulata (Tenison Woods, 1874)
[6]
Liotella princeps Laseron, 1954 : synonym of
Liotella johnstoni (Beddome, 1883)
[7]
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
ISBN
0-00-216906-1
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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