''Liotia'' is a
genus
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of very small
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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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 ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Liotia Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415570 on 2013-09-07]
''Liotia'' is the type genus of the family
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 ...
.
Description
The species in this genus are small to minute. They have a depressed or turbinate shape. They are all umbilicated with a
nacreous
Nacre ( , ), also known as mother-of-pearl, is an organicinorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.
Nacre is ...
inner layer. The thickened outer
lip
The lips are a horizontal pair of soft appendages attached to the jaws and are the most visible part of the mouth of many animals, including humans. Mammal lips are soft, movable and serve to facilitate the ingestion of food (e.g. sucklin ...
, attached to the
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology (biology), morphology of the gastropod shell, shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk ...
for a short length, is continuous. Where the
operculum has been stated, it is horny and multispiral.
Species
* ''
Liotia admirabilis''
E. A. Smith, 1890
* ''
Liotia affinis''
A. Adams, 1850
* ''
Liotia arenula''
E. A. Smith, 1890
* ''
Liotia atomus''
Issel, 1869
* ''
Liotia cancellata''
(Gray, 1828)
* ''
Liotia chilensis''
Osorio, 2012
* ''
Liotia echinacantha''
Melvill & Standen, 1903
* ''
Liotia fenestrata''
Carpenter, 1864
* ''
Liotia microgrammata''
Dall, 1927
* ''
Liotia romalea''
Melvill & Standen, 1903
* ''
Liotia squamicostata''
E. A. Smith, 1903
* ''
Liotia varicosa''
(Reeve, 1843)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Liotia acrilla''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Cyclostrema cancellatum''
Marryat, 1818
* ''Liotia acryla''
Dall W.H., 1889: synonym of ''
Cyclostrema cancellatum''
Marryat, 1818
* ''Liotia acuticostata''
Carpenter, 1864: synonym of ''
Lirularia acuticostata''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''Liotia admirabilis''
auct. non E. A. Smith, 1890: synonym of ''
Macrarene digitata
''Macrarene digitata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Macrarene digitata'' McLean, Absalao & Santos Cruz, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:// ...
''
McLean, Absalao & Santos Cruz, 1988
* ''Liotia amabilis''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Cyclostrema amabile''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Liotia annulata''
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879: synonym of ''
Liotella annulata''
(Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879)
* ''Liotia aspina''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Arene briareus
''Arene briareus'' is a species of sea snail, and is a known member of the group turban snails. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Areneidae and order Trochida.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 9 ...
''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''Liotia asteriscus''
Gould, 1859: synonym of ''
Pseudoliotia asteriscus''
(Gould, 1859)
* ''Liotia bairdii''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Arene bairdii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Liotia bellula''
H. Adams, 1873: synonym of ''
Bothropoma bellulum''
(H. Adams, 1873)
* ''Liotia brasiliana''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Arene brasiliana''
(Dall, 1927)
* ''Liotia briareus''
Dall, 1881: synonym of ''
Arene briareus
''Arene briareus'' is a species of sea snail, and is a known member of the group turban snails. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Areneidae and order Trochida.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 9 ...
''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''Liotia californica''
Dall, 1908: synonym of ''
Arene californica
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''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''Liotia carinata''
Carpenter, 1857: synonym of ''
Arene lurida''
(Dall, 1913)
* ''Liotia centrifuga''
Dall, 1896: synonym of ''
Arene centrifuga''
(Dall, 1896)
* ''Liotia cookeana''
Dall, 1918: synonym of ''
Liotia fenestrata''
Carpenter, 1864
* ''Liotia dautzenbergi''
Bavay, 1917: synonym of ''
Astrosansonia dautzenbergi''
(Bavay, 1917)
* ''Liotia discoidea''
Reeve, 1843: synonym of ''
Pseudoliotina discoidea''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''Liotia disjuncta''
Hedley, C. 1903: synonym of ''
Liocarinia disjuncta''
(Hedley, C. 1903)
* ''Liotia erici''
Strong & Hertlein, 1939: synonym of ''
Haplocochlias erici''
(Strong & Hertlein, 1939)
* ''Liotia fulgens''
Gould, 1859: synonym of ''Turbo cidaris cidaris''
Gmelin, 1791
* ''Liotia gemma''
auct. non Tuomey & Holmes, 1856: synonym of ''
Arene tricarinata''
(Stearns, 1872)
* ''Liotia hedleyi''
Prichard & Gatliff, 1899: synonym of ''
Munditia hedleyi
''Munditia hedleyi'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Munditia hedleyi'' (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...
''
(Prichard & Gatliff, 1899)
* ''Liotia heimi''
Strong & Hertlein, 1939: synonym of ''
Parviturbo stearnsii''
(Dall, 1918)
* ''Liotia huesonica''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Cyclostrema huesonicum''
(Dall, 1927)
* ''Liotia incerta''
Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of ''
Munditia tasmanica''
(Tenison-Woods, 1875)
* ''Liotia krausii''
Gray J.E. in Gray M.E., 1850: synonym of ''
Pseudotorinia kraussi''
J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1850
* ''Liotia lamellosa''
Schepman, 1908: synonym of ''
Bathyliotina lamellosa''
(Schepman, 1908)
* ''Liotia lucasensis''
Strong, 1934: synonym of ''
Haplocochlias lucasensis''
(Strong, 1934)
* ''Liotia lurida''
Dall, 1913: synonym of ''
Arene lurida''
(Dall, 1913)
* ''Liotia mayana''
Tate, R. 1899: synonym of
Munditia mayana
''Munditia mayana'', common name May's munditia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Munditia mayana'' (Tate, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
(Tate, 1899)
* ''Liotia microforis''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Arene microforis''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Liotia minima''
Tenison-Woods, 1878: synonym of ''
Lodderena minima''
(Tenison-Woods, 1878)
* ''Liotia miniata''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Arene miniata'' (Dall, 1889)
* ''Liotia nitida''
Verrill & Smith, 1885: synonym of ''
Eccliseogyra nitida
''Eccliseogyra'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892. Accessed through: World Register ...
''
(Verrill & Smith, 1885)
* ''Liotia olivacea''
Dall, 1918: synonym of ''
Arene olivacea''
(Dall, 1918)
* ''Liotia pacis''
Dall, 1908: synonym of ''
Arene pacis''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''Liotia perforata''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Arene briareus
''Arene briareus'' is a species of sea snail, and is a known member of the group turban snails. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Areneidae and order Trochida.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 9 ...
''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''Liotia pergemma''
Gardner, 1948: synonym of ''
Arene tricarinata''
(Stearns, 1872)
* ''Liotia planorbis''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Palazzia planorbis
''Palazzia planorbis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the ...
''
(Dall, 1927)
* ''Liotia polypleura''
Hedley, 1904: synonym of ''
Liotella polypleura''
(Hedley, 1904)
* ''Liotia radiata''
Kiener, 1838: synonym of ''
Arene cruentata''
(Mühlfeld, 1824)
* ''Liotia riisei''
Rehder, 1943: synonym of ''
Arene riisei''
Rehder, 1943
* ''Liotia rostrata''
Hedley, 1900: synonym of ''
Canimarina rostrata''
(Hedley, 1900)
* ''Liotia siderea''
Angas, 1865: synonym of ''
Munditia tasmanica''
(Tenison-Woods, 1875)
* ''Liotia socorroensis''
Strong, 1934: synonym of ''
Arene socorroensis''
(Strong, 1934)
* ''Liotia subquadrata''
Tenison-Woods, 1878: synonym of ''
Munditia subquadrata''
(Tenison-Woods, 1878)
* ''Liotia tasmanica''
Tenison-Woods, 1875: synonym of ''
Munditia tasmanica''
(Tenison-Woods, 1875)
* ''Liotia tortugana''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Cyclostrema tortuganum''
(Dall, 1927)
* ''Liotia tricarinata''
Stearns, 1872: synonym of ''
Arene tricarinata''
(Stearns, 1872)
* ''Liotia trullata''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Arene bairdii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Liotia variabilis''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Arene variabilis''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Liotia venusta''
Woodring, 1928:
Hedley, C. 1901. ''Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IV.'' Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 16-25 (8, pl. 2, figs 4-6)
/ref> synonym of '' Arene venusta'' (Woodring, 1928) (primary homonym of ''Liotia venusta'' Hedley, 1901)
* ''Liotia venusta'' Hedley, 1901: synonym of '' Circulus venustus'' (Hedley, 1901)
References
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
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Liotiidae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray