''Bathyliotina'' is a

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Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2013). ''Bathyliotina'' Habe, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737790 on 2013-08-25

Description

The typical characteristics of this genus are: James McLean (1988) Two New Species of Liotiinae (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from the Philippine Islands; The Veliger v.30 (1987-1988)
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is rather broad. * the

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shows many blunt

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s at its periphery. * the outer

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is expanded to a considerable extent, formed by decreasing lamellar layers.

Species

* '' Bathyliotina armata'' (A. Adams, 1861) * ''

Bathyliotina glassi ''Bathyliotina glassi'', commonly known as the spiny wheel shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bathyliotina glassi McLean, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' McLean, 1988 * '' Bathyliotina lamellosa'' (Schepman, 1908) * '' Bathyliotina nakayasui'' Habe, 1981 * '' Bathyliotina schepmani'' Habe, 1953

References

* Habe 1961, ''Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan'' (1962 edition) Vol.2: 13; appendix, p. 5,13. Liotiidae {{Liotiidae-stub