''Liotipoma'' is a
genus
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of
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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Colloniidae
Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient linea ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Liotipoma'' include:
* ''
Liotipoma clausa''
McLean, 2012
* ''
Liotipoma dimorpha''
McLean, 2012
* ''
Liotipoma lifouensis''
McLean, 2012
* ''
Liotipoma magna''
McLean, 2012
* ''
Liotipoma mutabilis'' McLean, 2012
* ''
Liotipoma solaris''
McLean, 2012
* ''
Liotipoma splendida''
McLean, 2012
* ''
Liotipoma wallisensis''
McLean & Kiel, 2007
References
* McLean J.H. & Kiel S. 2007. ''Cretaceous and living Colloniidae of the redefined subfamily Petropomatinae, with two new genera and one new species, with notes on opercular evolution in turbinoideans, and the fossil record of Liotiidae (Vetigastropoda: Turbinoidea).'' Paläontologische Zeitschrift 81(3): 254-266.
McLean J.H. (2012) ''New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae).'' Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376
Colloniidae
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